The Need to Manufacture Boredom

What I want for my children are the things boredom brings out of people.

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:43:14 +0000

Netanyahu Lives Another Day

After the Israeli election, it appears that Bibi’s coalition will be the largest but that no leader will have a clear path to a majority.

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:42:21 +0000

A Genuinely Feminist Sports Movie

Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Soccer upsets the gender game.

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:30:52 +0000

The Senate Will Break Late This Year

Republicans are still in bad shape, but the blue wave hasn’t swept them out to sea just yet.

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:30:42 +0000

Who Pays and Gains from Senator Kelly’s AI Fund?

Taxing an industry for cause before it has shown clear harm risks forgoing the benefits it offers before it has a chance to deliver them.

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:30:25 +0000

The Strange Case of the Two Sullivans

In Alaska, the incumbent senator’s seat is being threatened by an unwelcome doppelgänger.

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:24:59 +0000

The Trump DOJ’s Latest Absurd Charge Against Comey

For the judge in the case, this is not a hard one.

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:48:08 +0000

The Big Scholarly Lie

Academia is committed to clearing Jason Arday of plagiarism, despite the overwhelming evidence against him.

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:41:13 +0000

Republicans Still Can Win

Persuading the low-propensity center-right could help the GOP edge out pro-illegal-alien Dems.

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:30:47 +0000

Democrats’ Alaskan Dirty Trick

Alaska Republicans are right to cry foul, but the Justice Department doesn’t have good legal grounds to throw out an election over a sham candidate.

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:30:41 +0000

Europe’s Mad Voyage Meets the Whirlwind

Moral values without moral commitments.

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:44:54 +0000

Why Humanity Needs Death

As AI pioneers target a post-human future, we must not forget the importance of confronting life’s fragility.

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:30:57 +0000

The Hidden Dividend of Social Security Reform

Pursuing benefit cuts over tax hikes would grow the economy and reduce the national debt burden.

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:30:32 +0000

Noncitizen Voting Is a Real Problem — and This Loophole Explains Why

Registering at welfare agencies may be letting people on voter rolls illegally.

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:30:26 +0000

Anti-Catholicism Lives with El-Sayed in Michigan

We could afford to be a little more outraged about the Democratic candidate’s JFK Catholicism comparison.

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:30:16 +0000

The Stakes in 2026 — and Beyond

Whatever the public’s discontents, the Democrats are much worse.

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:30:11 +0000

Canada’s Trump Fixation Fades

Its third-largest province just gave conservative reformers a landslide.

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:58:24 +0000

We’re Doomed

In our brave new tech world, there’s nothing to fear but . . . everything.

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:30:52 +0000

Abdul El-Sayed’s Media Hall Pass

Even for a Democratic candidate, the level of deference he has received is nothing short of extraordinary.

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:30:50 +0000

The Earlobe and the Unborn Child

Virginia’s Question 1 would write a scientific falsehood into its Bill of Rights and take parents out of the room.

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:30:49 +0000