Wall Street Blew It
Investors discounted everything Trump has ever said about trade and tariffs. We’re all going to pay for that mistake.
Ideas
Make Smuggling Great Again
Canada’s ultimate retaliation for Trump’s tariffs will be to turn ordinary Americans who cross the border to shop for cheaper goods into latter-day bootleggers.
The Trump Team Has a Double Standard on State Secrets
Officials have been careless with sensitive information while claiming that innocuous facts can’t be public.
Defying the Courts Will Backfire
The public has not responded kindly to other politicians who have tried this in the past.
Trump’s Jewish Cover Story
The administration claims to be protecting Jews while advancing an agenda that most Jews oppose.
To Be Happier, Stop Resisting Change
The Zen of archery is all about learning how to let go.
Trump’s Tariffs Are Designed to Backfire
Instead of leading to reduced trade barriers, the new global tariff plan is all but guaranteed to raise them.
The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.
Cory Booker, Endurance Athlete
The New Jersey senator broke congressional records by speaking for more than 25 hours. How?
Trump’s Salvadoran Gulag
To be deported, one does not need to be a drug dealer or a terrorist; apparently, having tattoos and being Venezuelan is enough.