Magazine - Columnists
GOP women brought the energy to congressional races
A week before Election Day on Nov. 3, the New York Times offered a grim preview of the fate of Republicans in House races. Democrats had “fortified…
November 24, 2020
Healthcare
20/20 in 2020
You’ve seen it clearly — or unclearly, depending on which side of the glasses you were on. It’s the fog of COVID-19: when one’s mask, there to…
Healthcare
How Republicans crashed Nancy Pelosi’s party
Not long before Election Day, the Associated Press ran a story headlined “House already won? Pelosi thinks so, and reaches for more.” The article said House Speaker…
Magazine - Your Land
The return of the soccer moms
Don’t underestimate them: Suburban women are a driving political force, and they have been for decades. We used to call them “soccer moms” — a term thrust…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Is autism the engine of history?
Simon Baron-Cohen, Cambridge professor and clinical psychologist, has rarely shied before an overbroad claim. In 2003’s The Essential Difference, his discussion of the fundamental differences between male…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Salem’s blast from the past
Try remembering what 2010 was like, music fans. Twitter and Instagram hadn’t swallowed every waking moment. Bands from the nation’s archipelago of loft and warehouse scenes would…
Beltway Confidential
Democrats’ bloodletting is just getting started
Democrats won the presidency and held the House by margins so slim they’d make Weight Watchers proud. And the betting is they’ll fail to capture the Senate…
Columnists
Californians, and Americans, reject racial quotas and preferences
Among the most surprising of the multiple surprising results in this election was California’s rejection of Proposition 16. The ballot measure was supported by the Democratic supermajorities…
Editorials
Student loan forgiveness would be a bailout for elites
Voters sent a clear signal in this election that while they are ready to move on from President Trump, they are wary of giving Democrats the power…