Columnists
What if Palestinians don’t want peace?
A thought has been worming its way uncomfortably through my mind since Oct. 7. What if peace is impossible? What if there is literally no way to…
November 14, 2023
Economy
Changing majors: Biden revamps, scales down student debt schemes
It might take a semester-long course to explain all of President Joe Biden‘s student loan plans. Since the Supreme Court struck down its $400 billion student debt…
Beltway Confidential
The end of panda diplomacy
If there’s anything Washingtonians love more than brunching and expanding the administrative state, it’s the giant pandas at the National Zoo. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C., dwellers watched…
Columnists
America’s enemies know Biden is weak
Thirty American citizens were murdered when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on Oct. 7. At least 12 were kidnapped. Only two have been released. President Joe Biden has…
Magazine - Features
Biden on the brink: Democrats start to panic about whether the president is a surefire 2024 winner
The political world was sent atwitter when the New York Times and Siena College released a series of polls from key swing states showing former President Donald Trump…
Healthcare
Our broken birthing system
Childbirth in the United States is broken. This is not merely an opinion, and the data keep adding up. The U.S. maternal mortality rate, already the highest…
Education
Down with the college admissions cabal
College admissions are in a disastrous state. The 2019 “Varsity Blues” scandal showed just how easy it was to buy and sell access. Lawsuits that challenged, and…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Trump is lukewarm on early voting while national Republican leaders embrace it
When it comes to early voting, former President Donald Trump is like a petulant child forced by a parent to apologize to a sibling after an argument.…
Business
Social media can help holiday fliers, but beware of scams
Stef Lynn of Boston, Massachusetts, left her Kindle Paperwhite in a seatback pocket of a Delta Air Lines flight in early November. She wrote that she felt…
Beltway Confidential
The cautionary tragedy of WeWork and the zero interest rate delusion
WeWork has filed for bankruptcy, capping the flexible office space venture’s long slide and then collapsing after once being the nation’s most valuable startup. On Nov. 6,…