Politics
Closing This Gap May Be Biden’s Key to a Second Term
[ad_1] Just since last November, the most closely watched measure of consumer confidence about the economy has soared by about 25 percent. That’s among…
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Politics
Could South Carolina Change Everything?
[ad_1] For more than four decades, South Carolina has been the decisive contest in the Republican presidential primaries—the state most likely to anoint the…
Politics
How Biden Might Recover
[ad_1] A press release that President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign issued last week offered a revealing window into his advisers’ thinking about how he…
Politics
The Only Sin That Republicans Can’t Forgive
[ad_1] The fall of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy today demonstrated again that the one sin that cannot be forgiven in the modern Republican Party…
Politics
Trump Is Beatable in Iowa
[ad_1] The recent history of the Iowa Republican caucus offers the candidates chasing former President Donald Trump one big reason for optimism. But that…
Politics
A Radical Idea for Fixing Congress
[ad_1] For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties. Every two years, they pick the candidate…
Politics
Joe Biden Isn’t Popular. That Might Not Matter in 2024.
[ad_1] By almost any historic yardstick, President Joe Biden is beginning the reelection campaign he formally announced today in a vulnerable position. His job-approval…
Politics
How Working-Class White Voters Became the GOP’s Foundation
[ad_1] The escalating confrontation between the parties over the federal budget rests on a fundamental paradox: The Republican majority in the House of Representatives…
Health
Are Gas Stoves Doomed?
[ad_1] Somehow, in a few short days, gas stoves have gone from a thing that some people cook with to, depending on your politics,…
Health
I’m Sorry, but This COVID Policy Is Ridiculous
[ad_1] Cases have surged in China since it dropped its zero-COVID policy in December, and the latest models now suggest that at least 1…
Politics
The Wrong Way to Do Politics at the Office
[ad_1] In a 2005 episode of The Office, Michael Scott, the office manager, requires his employees to choose an upside-down index card from a…
Politics
The House GOP’s Investigation Conundrum
[ad_1] The list of investigative priorities for the House Judiciary Committee that the incoming chairperson, Jim Jordan, sent to the Justice Department earlier this…
Politics
Democrats Keep Falling for ‘Superstar Losers’
[ad_1] In the early 2000s, the Japanese racehorse Haru Urara became something of an international celebrity. This was not because of her prowess on…
Politics
The Double-Negative Election
[ad_1] This has become the double-negative election. Most Americans consistently say in polls that they believe that President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats have…
Politics
‘Stop the Steal’ Is a Metaphor
[ad_1] Starting in 2008, a widely circulated conspiracy theory was that Barack Obama was not actually born in America. Strivers on the political right…