The MAGA odd couple turns combustible
The world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest man have fallen out. No matter who wins, America loses....
Category : COMMENTARY
European kindness is threatening the foundations of free speech
Right-wing U.S. critics of U.K. and European censorship have a point....
Japan, Philippines agree to strengthen defense cooperation
The two ministers confirmed expanding joint exercises after signing a reciprocal access agreement to ease military visits between their countries....
Why is Trump unilaterally dismantling U.S. defenses?
Trump may reorganize agencies within the law, but his sweeping cuts to national security defies 2,000 years of great powers using deterrence and diplomacy to...
Why should Iran believe anything the U.S. threatens or promises?
The Iranians — like the Russians — are notoriously shifty negotiators. But so are the Americans, now that they’re led by Trump....
Pakistan’s economy is back. But so is terrorism.
The disconnect between the grim drumbeat of terror attacks on the country’s margins and the positive economic news from its heartland is startling....
Musk says aid cuts haven’t killed anyone. That’s not true.
In South Sudan, one of the world’s poorest countries, the efforts by Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump are already leading children to die....
What really changed the marriage market
The internet connects us with so many potential mates that our puny human brains can’t handle it....
Trump keeps up his ‘Sharpiegate’ attack on science
The nomination of Neil Jacobs to run NOAA highlights U.S. President Trump’s loyalty-over-expertise approach to leadership....
America’s mass deportation clash is unprecedented
So when ICE moves from selective targets aimed at serious criminals to the mass roundups Trump promised, that is when the public may recoil....