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How Labour Defeated Populism

Keir Starmer’s party beat the far right and far left by addressing real voters’ problems.

What Is the Biden Campaign’s Theory of Victory Now?

Or rather, does it still have one?

‘You Have to Deliver for Working People’

The Labour Party’s triumph in Britain shows that addressing real voters’ problems is the antidote to left- and right-wing populism...

Antipopulism Prevails in Britain

Addressing real voters’ problems is the antidote to left- and right-wing populism.

Eva Longoria’s Escapist Charms

The glossy, aspirational pleasures of Land of Women make for a calming contrast to modern TV’s dystopian programming.

The Silence Doctors Are Keeping About Millennials’ Deat...

Physicians who care for younger cancer patients are shying away from hard but necessary conversations.

Every Time You Post to Instagram, You’re Turning on a L...

Even simple actions online can take a toll on the environment.

The Pleasures of Procrastination

Wasting time can feel morally suspect—but it’s essential to the creative process.

There’s Only One Reason Biden Won’t Drop Out

His campaign’s rationalizations for the status quo don’t add up.

Biden Has Fallen Into a Psychological Trap

The same approach that has long driven his success now threatens to destroy his legacy.

The Labour Party’s Lesson for the Democrats

Addressing real voters’ problems is the antidote to left- and right-wing populism.

My Online Habits Generate as Much CO2 as a Ford Focus

It’s becoming harder and harder not to generate wasteful data with every action taken online.

What the Civil Rights Act Really Meant

An overlooked effect of the Civil Rights Act, passed 60 years ago this week, was its powerful message of hope for Black Americans.

The Embarrassing Biden-Harris Rationalizations for Why ...

It’s important to pull the wool from everyone’s eyes here.

How Macron Lost France to the Extremes

He ran France like a tech bro excited to break things, rather than a political leader who made voters feel part of a collective pr...

When Law Brings Liberation

An overlooked effect of the Civil Rights Act, passed 60 years ago this week, was its powerful message of hope for Black Americans.

Photos of the Week: Puffin Parent, Cow Cabin, Blue Frog

A greased-pole walk in Massachusetts, a heavy metal music festival in France, hurricane damage in Barbados, sumo wrestlers at the ...

The White House’s Kamala Harris Blunder

It is fair to ask how seriously the president took the work of bridge-building.

Kamala Harris’s Would-be Moment

It is fair to ask how seriously the president took the work of bridge-building.

Goodbye to Tory Britain

Why British voters humbled the Conservatives and put Labour’s Keir Starmer in power.

A Native American Declaration of Independence

The revolutionary fervor of the Northeastern Seaboard was not limited to the European colonists.

Do Navigation Apps Think We’re Stupid?

Why Apple and Google can't stop map-splaining to their users

Stop Map-splaining to Me

Why do navigation apps treat people like they’re stupid?

Trump’s New Racist Insult

The former president’s recent attack on Senator Chuck Schumer is like an Everlasting Gobstopper of offense, with new layers emergi...

What Color Is a Hot Dog?

Red, brown, or something else entirely?

America Can’t Stop Dieting

The pressure to lose weight has been unavoidable for more than a century.

A Different Declaration of Independence

The revolutionary fervor of the Northeastern Seaboard was not limited to the European colonists.

Declare Your Independence—From Misery

America’s Founders knew that the pursuit of happiness involved personal liberation.

The Goal That Saved England

How Jude Bellingham did it.

Who Really Benefits From Remote Work?

A study finds that it depends on age, gender, and job experience.

Is the Biden Bubble Bursting?

Some establishment Democrats are starting to face reality.

Joe Biden’s ‘Cognitive Fluctuations’

Which version of the president will show up next?

What Biden’s Stutter Doesn’t Explain

The president’s speech disorder is just one element of what the nation witnessed last week.

Democrats Begin Their Shift From Anxiety to Action

Amid deep concern about Biden’s capacity to continue as the nominee, party leaders are confronting the options and obstacles.

Democrats Begin Shift From Anxiety to Action

Amid deep concern about Biden’s capacity to continue as nominee, party leaders confront the options and obstacles.

Democrats Stir From a Post-debate Paralysis

Amid deep concern about Biden’s capacity to continue as nominee, party leaders confront the options and obstacles.

Biden Must Resign

If the president wants to protect American democracy, he should hand over his office to Kamala Harris.

Time to Roll the Dice

Biden’s party doesn’t need to sleepwalk into a catastrophe.

Biden’s Delegates Are Flirting With a Breakup

Even those who parrot the party line acknowledge that their candidate stepping aside might be best.

Why Trump’s Conviction Barely Registered in Polls

His guilty verdict cost him no more than a smidgen of support.

Of Course Trump’s Conviction Didn’t Change the Race

Why his guilty verdict has cost him no more than a smidgeon of support

What Democratic Delegates Are Really Thinking

Biden’s debate disaster has opened up the notion of a new nominee picked at the convention. That would depend on individual electo...

Eustasy

A poem for Wednesday

Farewell to Academe

I leave with doubts and foreboding that I would not have anticipated when I completed my formal education in 1982.


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