The painfully slow prosecutions of Donald Trump mean America’s democratic freedoms are in grave jeopardy. Here’s why.
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Posted inPolitics
Sex, Love, and Trump Prosecutor Fani Willis
The District Attorney may have made a mistake, but the divorced mom’s only crime was being human—which is more than the former president can say.
Posted inHigher Education
The Underemployed College Graduate and How Not to Become One
Choosing the right fields of study, the right school, and getting an internship can all make a big difference.
Posted inPolitics
Mothers, Sons, and Guns
The author of a searing book on the fraught relationship between Lee Harvey Oswald and his mother reflects on the recent landmark conviction of a Michigan mom for her role in her son’s school shooting.
Posted inPolitics
It Was Never a Civil War
The threat posed by Trump and the MAGA movement, like that posed by the Confederate States of America, is neither “conservative” nor “extremist” but criminally anti-democratic.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Presidents’ Day Reminder That Presidents Are Not Kings
The Colorado ballot case and Trump’s claim of presidential immunity are before the Supreme Court. At stake is nothing less than whether the president and the presidency are above the law.
Posted inCharlie Peters
Charlie Peters Was Always About Hope
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian reflects on his friend and mentor, the founder of this magazine, who died on Thanksgiving Day at 96.
Posted inPolitics
It’s Time for Biden to Learn from Reagan and Go All “Morning in America”
The president has a better economic record than Reagan. He should take a page from the Gipper’s extremely optimistic 1984 reelection ad campaign.
Posted inFeatured
Why the Supreme Court Should Promptly Reject Trump’s Immunity Claim
Unlike the Colorado ballot case, where the Roberts Court needs a ruling that doesn’t create chaos, the former president’s insistence that he’s above the law is an easier call.
Posted inPolitics
Why Hur’s Gratuitous Smear of Biden Is a Study in Prosecutorial Abuse
The special counsel investigating the president’s handling of classified documents embarrasses himself and the Justice Department.
