Every day, good news overshadows the Republican presidential candidates’ talking points. The right-wing Cassandras need a new shtick.
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Posted inEconomy
Encouraging News on Inflation is Why the Fed Paused Rate Hikes and May Want to Keep Them Paused
This isn’t the 1970s. Smart public policy has led to a rare twin success—a dramatic drop slowdown in inflation and an expanding economy.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Miami Nice: The Trump Documents Plea Deal We Need
The criminal ex-president will never do hard time like he should, but the right kind of deal could mete out justice and spare us all a classified documents trial that will satisfy no one.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Delay and Recusal Might Save Trump
The 37-count indictment of Donald Trump is so damning and so meticulously documented with references to conversations with his own lawyers, video recordings, text messages, taped conversations, and the 45th president’s own words about the sanctity of classified documents that were the client not Mr. Mar-a-Lago, any lawyer would advise copping a plea. In the […]
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The New Gold Rush in Advertising Is Your Shopping List
Retail media is the next big threat from monopolists as they turn data into ad dollars, and Amazon isn’t the only predator out there.
Posted inPolitics
“I’m really happy with Jack Smith. I still think Merrick Garland should have appointed a special counsel immediately.”
As Trump is indicted for the Mar-a-Lago documents, Jennifer Taub, the white-collar crime expert, explores the explosive charges, the upcoming trial, and the other prosecutions looming over the 45th president.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Reclaiming Our Public Waters After the Supreme Court’s Devastating Decision
The Court upended a five-decade, science-based set of principles for keeping our waters clean. What now?
Posted inPolitics
In the 2024 Republican Presidential Contest, Watch the “Wine Track”
Democrats are used to candidates who draw mainly from the college-educated, but now there’s a GOP version of the brie-and-Chablis contest, and the entrants just might knock off Trump, even if the ex-president is buoyed by a loyal blue-collar base.
Posted inBooks
The 2023 Kukula Award Winners
The Washington Monthly’s annual award celebrates the best in nonfiction book reviewing and honors the memory of Kukula Kapoor Glastris, the magazine’s beloved books editor.
Posted inPolitics
AI Can Make You Believe Russian Propaganda
New research shows artificial intelligence can write propaganda that is nearly as believable as what is produced by authoritarian governments and lying political candidates.
