Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s savvy dealmaker
It was 1986: Greed was good and the hours were punishing. Still, even round-the-clock dealmakers had to eat. That is how Dona...
America has never had state media like it does today
When Elon Musk recently declared, “I am become meme,” he was selling himself short. He and his doings have indeed become endl...
Critics of Medicaid point to a rigorous study conducted 15 years ago
Among the many Americans who find Medicaid confusing is Robert F. Kennedy junior, whose department oversees it. At his confir...
America’s Gen Z has got religion
THE MEETING houses of the First Church in Cambridge, founded by Puritans, have been around for 400 years. George Washington w...
To make their numbers work, Republicans must slash health spending
STEPHEN NOYES has heard a new worry from his patients and parishioners. Both a therapist and the local deacon, he is counsell...
Edward Blum has new allies in his fight against affirmative action
If nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come, it is also true that ideas merchants can wait aeons for that moment...
The spread of mariachi tells a very American story
AS MAGA HEARS it, the sound of the border is the trill of gunfire and the cry of trafficking victims. For others, it is a lot...
DOGE is encountering opposition from Donald Trump’s appointees
ON FEBRUARY 22nd Elon Musk posted 158 times on X, his social-media platform. But that was not his only communication. Over th...
Elon Musk’s outfit is running into opposition from Donald Trump’s appointees
ON FEBRUARY 22nd Elon Musk posted 158 times on X, his social-media platform. But that was not his only communication. That af...
Donald Trump sacks America’s top military brass
THE FIRST shot against America’s senior military leaders was fired within hours of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20t...