by Sarah Green Carmichael This was supposed to be the year of returning to the office. The same could be said for 2021, and even the second […]
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2022 was a good year if you are a mainstream Republican
by Eli Lehrer In many ways, 2022 might seem like it was a pretty bad year for Americans on the political right. After all, the year saw […]
Some not-so-serious predictions for 2023
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023: JANUARY — […]
Keep a light burning
by Steven Roberts Here’s a New Year’s resolution: Support Ukraine. Stop Putin. Kyiv needs all the essential weapons of war — tanks and missiles, howitzers and drones. […]
Science Twitter needs a new home
by Lisa Jarvis I will miss science Twitter. It’s hard to overstate the influence of the social network on science during the COVID-19 pandemic — and the […]
The Fed will cause unnecessary harm and other predictions for 2023
by Mark Weisbrot Here are eight predictions for the coming year in accordance with a hallowed tradition that I have previously not honored. If some of the […]
Americans have found their happy place
by Tyler Cowen How happy are Americans, really? This country has its troubles, surely, but a new study suggests things may be better than they seem. Two […]
Congress’ fix to presidential votes lights way for broader election reform
by Kevin Johnson A massive eleventh-hour spending bill stuffed with thinly vetted backroom deals might seem proof of our political dysfunction. But the omnibus bill approved by […]
Why does defense budget keep growing?
by Daniel DePetris If there is one piece of legislation Congress prioritizes every year, it’s the annual government spending bill. After the usual last-minute hiccups over amendments, […]
Musk, Trump and the demeaning of America
by Robert Reich Before the midterms, Elon Musk fired half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees, including teams devoted to combating election misinformation — and did it so haphazardly […]