May 30, 2023
In a war with a great power, a smaller state's only hope might be to bring another great power in on its side. And great powers act out of fears based on perceptions, not simply objective facts.
May 23, 2023
The field of Republican presidential hopefuls grows larger by the week. But do any of them stand a chance of beating Joe Biden next year?
May 17, 2023
If Joe Biden serves a full second term, he will leave office at 86. By then will he be as much a ward of his aides as Dianne Feinstein now is?
May 2, 2023
When the baby boomers die, the Kennedy dream, of a Democratic Party that is inclusive yet proud of America's past rather than ashamed of it, will also be over. Biden, leader of a party whose liberalism is very different, hid behind the Kennedy dream. RFK Jr. takes that away.
Apr 25, 2023
The Biden era is turning America's youngest voters, the "Zoomers," into doomers. They're depressed and fearful -- and their confidence in the nation's institutions, from the police to the Supreme Court, is weakening. So is their support for Joe Biden.
Apr 18, 2023
Clarence Thomas is an unconquered American. He refused to let the segregation and poverty into which he was born define his life. He wouldn't let racists impose limits on him. He also wouldn't let leftists claim ownership of his mind or allegiance.
Apr 11, 2023
How worried should we be about artificial intelligence? Popular culture is rife with terrifying tales of insane or malevolent AI, from HAL-9000 in "2001" to Skynet in the "Terminator" films and the machines that turn human beings into living batteries in the "Matrix."
Mar 28, 2023
Today climate science provides an end-times prophecy that works in much the same way as the religious apocalypticism of old. Climate change makes everything from charging your iPhone to skipping beef for dinner a potentially salvific act.