Federal Debt Is Now Worrying Even Progressives
The 119th Congress began, as it so often has in recent years, with calls from Republican politicians for wrestling down the national debt, which is near a record level relative…
Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90
Stephan Thernstrom, a Harvard history professor and author who, with his wife, the political scientist Abigail Thernstrom, vaulted to national prominence during the 1990s as a leading critic of affirmative…
Reform U.K. is Said to Land Over $1 Million in Populist Show of Force
Britain’s populist party, Reform U.K., was expected to bring in more than $1.25 million dollars at a glitzy fund-raiser on Tuesday, a party official said, an extraordinary amount for a…
Tennessee Legislature Meets With Trump Playbook on Its Agenda
A special session of the Tennessee General Assembly that began on Monday reflects the way President Trump’s aggressive conservative agenda is already emboldening Republicans to pursue his priorities at the…
Is Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship ‘Dred Scott II’?
Thirty years ago, Congress considered a bill much like President Trump’s recent executive order on birthright citizenship. It sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the United States…
Tulsi Gabbard’s Unorthodox Path to Trump’s Intelligence Team
Anita van Duyn, a former retail entrepreneur who left Science of Identity in 1994 after more than a decade in the group and knew Ms. Gabbard as a young woman,…
Some Liberal Christians Find Comfort in Bishop Mariann Budde’s Plea to Trump
Millions of Christians in churches around the world heard the same passage on Sunday from the Gospel of Luke. In it, Jesus declares his intentions “to proclaim good news to…
Debanking, and the Diss Heard Around Davos
Good morning from Davos, Switzerland, on the final day of the World Economic Forum. The hottest chatter over the past 24 hours has been about two topics. First, jaws were…
A Horror Novel Inspired by Fanatic Fox News Devotees
Did you tell your parents what the book was about? I did. Two weeks ago. Two weeks ago. I kept stalling. We had a half-hour to go before leaving from…
Trump Lashes Out at Bank of America Over Treatment of Conservatives
President Trump took an unexpected swipe on Thursday at the big banks that have cheered his return to office, as he raised longstanding Republican complaints that they are discriminated against…