Why Trump’s DOGE is on the wrong track on passenger rail.
Elon Musk
Donald Trump’s Third-Term Enablers
Sophists posing as scholars are always available to misread the Constitution.
Trump Has Taught Us That It’s All About the Bribe and Bullet
The Colombian shakedown style of the 47th president and why we need to save ourselves.
The Meager Agenda of Abundance Liberals
What the Democratic Party’s most buzzed-about policy movement gets right—and wrong.
Michael Lewis’s Case for Government
Amid Trumpian chaos, the best-selling author and other top writers are heralding stories of bureaucrat heroes and a public sector we desperately need.
Cut the Senate Democrats Some Slack
Democrats have reasons to filibuster the Republican bill that keeps the government open without restraining mass government worker layoffs. But if they don’t, dear liberals, be gentle.
Elon Musk and the Rise of the Dictator CEO
The problem isn’t just the DOGE czar. It’s a culture of charismatic CEOs more interested in short-term gain than stewardship.
Elon Musk Misunderstood the Film “Office Space.” Now He’s Decimating the Federal Workforce
Elon Musk Misunderstood the Film “Office Space.” Now He’s Decimating the Federal Workforce. The billionaire doesn’t appreciate that the ax-wielding management consultants in the parody of office life are villains, not role models.
Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies
Trump Escalates His War on Independent Regulatory Agencies: His February executive order and the firing of a labor relations board member are the latest moves in a multi-decade right-wing campaign to legitimate an authoritarian presidency.

