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Ongoing Commentary on What’s Happening Now
Each edition shares commentary on news and cultural topics shaping the world today.
Feelings don’t care about your facts
A few years ago, four scientists set out to count words. Not a handful of words—all of them. Every book Google had digitized, millions of volumes i...
Feelings don’t care about your facts
A few years ago, four scientists set out to count words. Not a handful of words—all of them. Every book Google had digitized, millions of volumes i...
Is there a public ed war on boys?
A kindergarten teacher named Ms. Jefferson stood at the front of the room one morning holding wooden skewers, cotton balls, and craft glue, and ann...
Is there a public ed war on boys?
A kindergarten teacher named Ms. Jefferson stood at the front of the room one morning holding wooden skewers, cotton balls, and craft glue, and ann...
When I was a kid my mom didn’t know where I was
Some morning back when I was maybe nine, I walked out the front door after breakfast and didn't come home until I was hungry again. I don't remembe...
When I was a kid my mom didn’t know where I was
Some morning back when I was maybe nine, I walked out the front door after breakfast and didn't come home until I was hungry again. I don't remembe...
In 2013, one man torched his whole life to warn us
Thirteen years ago, a 29-year-old government contractor named Ed Snowden gave a reporter proof that the U.S. government was secretly collecting the...
In 2013, one man torched his whole life to warn us
Thirteen years ago, a 29-year-old government contractor named Ed Snowden gave a reporter proof that the U.S. government was secretly collecting the...
The time we almost (partially) privatized Social Security
In the spring of 2001, a newly elected George W. Bush proposed letting younger workers take a small slice of their Social Security taxes and put it...
The time we almost (partially) privatized Social Security
In the spring of 2001, a newly elected George W. Bush proposed letting younger workers take a small slice of their Social Security taxes and put it...
Nixon said it was temporary. That was 55 years ago.
On a Sunday night in August 1971, Richard Nixon interrupted television across the country to give the American people some economic news. He'd spen...
Nixon said it was temporary. That was 55 years ago.
On a Sunday night in August 1971, Richard Nixon interrupted television across the country to give the American people some economic news. He'd spen...
Schooled into Socialism
A guy with the Democratic Socialists of America got asked recently to give his best pitch for socialism. Here's what he said: "Community! Are you t...
Schooled into Socialism
A guy with the Democratic Socialists of America got asked recently to give his best pitch for socialism. Here's what he said: "Community! Are you t...
Now where have we seen this before?
In the year 861, Caliph Mutawakkil was murdered by his own bodyguards. His assassins were Turkish mercenaries—soldiers the empire had hired to prot...
Now where have we seen this before?
In the year 861, Caliph Mutawakkil was murdered by his own bodyguards. His assassins were Turkish mercenaries—soldiers the empire had hired to prot...
The best econ lesson is a lemonade stand.
A few years ago in Overton, Texas, police shut down a lemonade and kettlecorn stand run by two sisters, ages seven and eight. Their crime: no perm...
The best econ lesson is a lemonade stand.
A few years ago in Overton, Texas, police shut down a lemonade and kettlecorn stand run by two sisters, ages seven and eight. Their crime: no perm...