Magazine
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the Democrats
If a person didn’t know any better, he or she might be under the impression that Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) flew to El Salvador earlier this…
April 30, 2025
Inside the magazine: Harvard vs. Trump, 2024 Democrats, DEI, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Trump & Maher, and Pope Francis’ global influence.
Columnists
Industrial policy for K Street
President Donald Trump promised his tariffs would revitalize American industry. He apparently meant the lobbying industry. Had Trump’s goal been to stimulate lobbying on tariffs and trade,…
Magazine
Star search: The future Democratic presidential field can’t escape the past
The 2028 election seems as if it is a lifetime away. Still, some Democrats are already striving for the prize of becoming the party’s presidential nominee. The…
Magazine
On essayist Meghan Daum’s sadly remarkable nonderangement
The Trump era has deranged writers. Constant chatter of nebulous vibe shifts and woke/anti-woke battles has made it nearly impossible to find rational voices in the cacophonous…
Foreign Policy
Turkey’s expansionist Middle East aspirations don’t bother the Trump administration
JERUSALEM — In December 2024, after Islamic-led rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad’s brutal regime, President-elect Donald Trump gave Israel a rhetorical green light to expand its military…
Education
David Zweig proves the fog of war is no excuse for the damage done to children’s education in the name of public health
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity,” Hanlon’s razor advises us. But then again, as another saying goes, “never say never.” In trying…
Business
Trump and Hill Republicans should run away from any tax hike proposal
Here at Tiana’s Take, we have repeatedly warned of the dire consequences of Congress failing to extend the individual tax provisions of President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax…
Magazine
FTC has a tough road ahead to prove consumer harm and undo Meta acquisitions
Nearly five years after it was first announced, the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Meta is underway in a District of Columbia courtroom. Widely considered the…
Columnists
Trump is singlehandedly destroying global conservatism
The entire Right is being undermined by President Donald Trump. When the impact of his tariffs is felt, people won’t blame interventionism, protectionism, or economic nationalism. They…
Columnists
Machiavelli in America
The joke about political science is that it’s not about politics, and it’s not a science. This would have surprised Aristotle, the ancient inventor of the field,…