Entertainment
What’s inside Stanley Tucci
Though Stanley Tucci is a Hollywood A-lister, starring alongside Ralph Fiennes in this year’s Oscar-contending Conclave, for instance, and in crowd pleasers such as the Hunger Games…
December 18, 2024
The swift sword of DOGE: The toughest, yet most important, assignment
Business
Tariffs, crypto, and interest rates set to dominate 2025 economic agenda
This new year will be a big one in the world of economic policy. Here is what to expect as the calendar turns to 2025 — and…
Entertainment
Conservatives we lost in 2024
It’s a bit of a strange year for lamentations. Conservatives are generally bullish over the election results, and the most prominent deaths of the year are ones…
Magazine
No risk, no rewards for America
A senior federal employee lamented to me recently about work fights he has with lawyers. It would be bad enough if these pitted him against attorneys launching…
Healthcare
The whole world loves the US health system even if they don’t know it
When police arrested Luigi Mangione, the Ivy-educated scion of a Baltimore country club empire, for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the Senate’s populist standard-bearer did not…
Magazine - Your Land
CNN is about to pay for its bias
CNN suffered a huge setback in a Florida court on Dec. 9 when a state judge denied the network’s efforts to dismiss a case against a Navy…
Columnists
Foul-mouthed Milei shows libertarians the way
Last year, the Economist warned that “Javier Milei would be a danger for democracy in Argentina” on the eve of his election. Twelve months on, that global…
Defense
Trump to inherit a Pentagon budget Republicans worry is not up to the task of deterring China
On Dec. 10, a medium-range ballistic missile was tracked by a new U.S. radar as it streaked toward the Pacific island of Guam, home to America’s Andersen…
Magazine
Midterm math: Congressional GOP will back Trump or lose
Midterm math may mean that Republicans in Congress must help President-elect Donald Trump succeed — or lose power themselves. That’s because, if history is any guide, the…
In Focus
The swift sword of DOGE: The toughest, yet most important, assignment
It’s not often that champions of a smaller federal government cheer the creation of a new department. But the Department of Government Efficiency isn’t like the Department…