Americans Are Self-Deporting

More Americans are living abroad than ever. Probably.

Genocide, War Crimes, and Gaza

There are no satisfying answers.

Global Democracy at Two-Decade Low

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

Israel Preparing to Execute Trump Non-Plan For Gaza

A little ethnic cleansing coming right up.

USA Losing Out on Global Taxes

Stupid is as stupid does.

The Cognitive Dissonance of It All

A GOP member of Congress on deportations.

President Joe Biden talks to reporters as he departs an event with attendees from the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting, Friday, January 20, 2023, in the East Room of the White House. President Joe Biden talks to reporters as he departs an event with attendees from the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting, Friday, January 20, 2023, in the East Room of the White House.

Stupid Index Tricks

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

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A Decades-Long Stock Market Bubble?

The S&P and Nikkei are at all-time highs. Economists warn that it won’t last.

Sinead O’Connor, 1966-2023

The Irish singer-activist is gone at 56.

Creative Class on Strike

Hollywood and the news media are roiled in labor disputes.

Putin’s Failed Gambit

He’s turned Russia from a G-8 member to an international pariah.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on lowering healthcare costs, Tuesday, September 27, 2022, in the Rose Garden of the White House. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on lowering healthcare costs, Tuesday, September 27, 2022, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Biden Downplays Leak Significance

You’re not helping, Mr. President.

Making Cheap Booze More Expensive

A study has found significant health benefits.

Brits Deporting Migrants to Rwanda

A legal but unsavory solution to a problem.

A Reminder of the Gutless and Feckless

A number of GOP politicians criticized Trump over 1/6 and some resigned.

G-7 Approves Corporate Tax Floor

A major first step to solving a longstanding global issue.

Amazon Wins EU Tax Haven Case

For now, at least, it can shift millions of its earnings to Luxembourg.

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Masking Outdoors

Science, politics, and social norms intersect in some really strange ways.

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Raising Taxes on Other People Very Popular

President Biden’s pollster has made an amazing discovery.

Sean Connery, 1930-2020

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

What’s a Republic?

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

Trump Taxes: Corruption and Foreign Influence

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

Book Recommendation

Lee Drutman’s Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

Trump Fires Chief of Staff via Tweet

This is no way to run a railroad.