Magazine - Features
The search for collusion
Byron York’s new book, Obsession: Inside the Washington Establishment’s Never-Ending War on Trump, will be published Sept. 8. An account of the long effort to remove President…
August 25, 2020
Editorials
Convention is Trump’s chance to right his faltering campaign
Republicans will formally renominate President Trump this week, providing him with his best opportunity to right his presidential campaign as it heads into the fall stretch. Without…
Magazine - Columnists
A historical city went from boom to bust in the blink of an eye
PITHOLE CITY, Pennsylvania — “Pap, I think you had better come see Pithole.” T.B. Whitacre penned those words to his grandfather on July 30, 1865. Just seven…
Business
Democrats want to shred the gig economy as a favor to Big Labor
Who doesn’t love the gig economy? The answer, unfortunately, is Joe Biden and the Democrats. They support policies that nearly caused Uber and Lyft to close down…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Mailing it in: White House and Congress fight over Postal Service problems
The Democrats are going postal on President Trump. “We will save the post office,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, declared at the Democratic…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The fantasyland of Teenage Bounty Hunters
A disclaimer: I’m not the target audience for Teenage Bounty Hunters, the new Netflix original series from showrunner Kathleen Jordan (who wrote last year’s American Princess). That,…
Education
New Trump coronavirus adviser makes case for opening all schools
Dr. Scott Atlas, President Trump’s newest coronavirus adviser, is pressing the case for ensuring that schools are open. “There’s nothing more important than educating our children. In…
Business
Trump is his own second-term agenda
Just a few months ago, President Trump’s handling of the economy was his best argument for reelection. Now, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic wiping out much of…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Barbarism and its discontents
Of the many movies that owe an existential debt to Samuel Beckett, the finest may be Waiting for Guffman, the Christopher Guest mockumentary beloved by high school…
Foreign Policy
Lead from the front
President Trump’s foreign policy record boasts significant accomplishments and noteworthy gains. But there is unfinished business and unfulfilled potential that should give us an idea of where…