Education
The Ivy League is bad for your health
Upper-middle-class parents these days feel that the stakes are really high. They hear about the collapse of the middle class and the bifurcation of the economy, and…
August 17, 2021
Magazine - Obituary
Richard Trumka, 1949-2021
Richard Trumka, the longtime head of the AFL-CIO and the man who forged labor’s modern relationship with political activism, died Aug. 5 at the age of 72.…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
People may have difficulty stopping Pegasus spyware
After news reports that some governments are using a military-grade surveillance tool to spy on human rights activists, journalists, and politicians, some privacy and cybersecurity advocates questioned…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Getting weird with Gawain
The first image in The Green Knight is a crown, or halo, hovering in the air. Drawn by some inexorable force, it descends through murky darkness to…
Beltway Confidential
Yes, America needs to be more family friendly. No, Europe isn’t doing it better
“If more places were ‘a great place to raise kids,’ then we would see more people having and raising more kids.” I said that dozens of times…
Columnists
California liberals flunking first duty of government
Will Gavin Newsom be the second Democratic California governor to be recalled and removed from office in this (or the last) century? Polls suggest that’s one possible…
Business
Hell no to a debt ceiling increase
Sometimes when you go into a store with expensive merchandise on the shelves, you will see a sign that says, “You break it, you buy it.” That’s…
Editorials
It’s the end of the world as the IPCC knows it, and we feel fine
In response to the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on global warming, the Western world’s newspapers seemed to be competing to publish the most apocalyptic…
Daily Memo
Byron York’s Daily Memo: The Texas Democrats’ farce continues
Welcome to Byron York’s Daily Memo newsletter. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. THE TEXAS DEMOCRATS’ FARCE CONTINUES. Remember the…