In his 2023 Netflix comedy special, Selective Outrage, Chris Rock identified one of the core contradictions of the ...

Harris’s loss has spurred finger-pointing, soul-searching, and garment-rending. For years, thinkers on the left had urged the ...

“I have looked [in America] for an image of the essence of democracy, its inclinations, its personality, its prejudices, its passions,” Tocqueville concluded. “My wish has been to know it if only to ...

Economic inequality. Artificial intelligence ... lawmakers are able to get things done.” Last word: Ideally, lawmakers and policy makers would solve problems before they become crises, but politics ...

On November 9, Elon Musk shared a video posted by president-elect Donald Trump and captioned it with a single capitalized ...

I have to admit, I spent the last year arguing that Trump is a fascist and no matter what, it was essential to defeat his bid for re-election. Come to find out, the majority of Americans did not think ...

That, at least, was the message sent this month, when a major e-commerce platform abruptly ended a partnership with China’s most prominent female stand-up comic. The company was caving to pressure ...

Because we don’t live in that world, economics is where Biden has received the most criticism, and the overall judgment has ...

The difference between what the answer should be—and what it will be—tells you almost everything you need to know about today ...