That paradox explains the fair’s generosity. Absolutely nothing there is serious, so nothing, and no one, can be mocked, and people are free to be sincere. Belonging is usually gated by time, ...

The iconic line “Call me Ishmael” should be spoken dialogue, not voiceover. It should be the narrator trying to make ...

After you’ve finished reading today’s post, I hope you’ll check out the latest episode of “The Argument” podcast, where Jerusalem and I are joined by Jordan Schneider of ChinaTalk for a wide-ranging ...

My father is a novelist and screenwriter who’s made several films and also worked on a couple of TV shows, plus some projects that never got off the ground. And while I’m not a film critic or a pop ...

You know the drill. Tuesday discussion post You know the drill. Halina Bennet ...

I don’t agree with her position on the new permitting reform bill, but I think Genevieve Guenther perfectly captures the disagreement between the left and center-left: The bill would facilitate the ...

This was a slow week in housing news, but I had the chance to talk to Representative Josh Harder about the rollout of a new bipartisan Build More Agenda so wrote about that instead — you… r regularly ...

The Trump administration finalized a new regulation governing student loans back in July. At the time, it didn’t receive much attention outside of the higher-education specialty press, though the New ...

Soon after the 2024 election, I published an article titled “How Donald Trump Could Succeed: Or, More Likely, Fail.” I think that clearly, as of late September 2026, he is failing. This doesn’t mean ...

I disagree with Nikole Hannah-Jones about a lot of issues, but I thought her recent piece about her regrets over sending her daughter to her poor-performing local public school rather than acting like ...

Polls indicate that Democrats are in line for a very good midterm. They’re heavy favorites to win the House, poised to do well in gubernatorial races, and stand a good chance of flipping the Senate ...