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January/February/March 2026
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The Unraveling Right
The MAGA movement is fracturing between donors, intellectuals, influencers, and an increasingly radical base.
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The Real Cause of Grade Inflation
The “easy A” isn’t a cultural problem or an elite pathology. It’s the predictable result of how American universities now organize teaching, labor, and money.
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Rollback Racket
For decades, mainstream economists insisted that consumers benefit from the dominance of chains like Walmart. New evidence shows otherwise.
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How to Bring Down Grocery Prices
The Defense Department has long operated discount supermarkets, called commissaries. Military families love them. A civilian equivalent could deliver more affordable groceries to hard-pressed Americans, at little to no cost to taxpayers.
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Inside the Fight to Revive American Civics
The right wants to erase unpleasant history, while the left talks of nothing else. Is there a middle ground?
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Amnesty Transactional
While almost every president has granted a few dodgy pardons, Donald Trump’s abuse of the godlike constitutional authority has no parallel in American history.
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Germany’s Rearmament Is Stunning
The country is determined to strengthen its armed forces in the wake of Moscow’s aggression and Washington’s volatility, but doing so doesn’t come easily to a nation chastened by its past.
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How New York City Got Safe
A historical reconstruction of the Big Apple’s crime decline, told from inside the institutions responsible for public safety.