The Grumpy Economy
What was the worst moment for the American economy in the past half century? You might think it was the last wheezing months of the 1970s, when oil…
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A MAGA Judiciary
Thanks to Donald Trump’s presidential term, the conservative legal movement has been able to realize some of its wildest dreams: overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, ending…
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Letting Go of the Iowa Caucus
My father was a registered independent for most of my childhood because he resented having to choose. But choosing was not hard for my mother. She was an…
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What Joe Biden Has (And Hasn’t) Accomplished
Voters will render a midterm verdict on President Joe Biden as they decide whether to keep Democrats in control of Congress. Forgive them if their views about the…
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What Democrats Don’t Understand About Ron Johnson
APPLETON, Wisconsin—Senator Ron Johnson was midway through a rambling speech on all that’s wrong with America—his villains included runaway debt, the porous southern border, gender-affirming medical treatment, and…
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Biden’s Cancellation of Billions in Debt Won’t Solve the Larger Problem
For years, American lawmakers have chipped away at the fringes of reforming the student-loan system. They’ve flirted with it in doomed bills that would have reauthorized the Higher…
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