Donald Trump is flailing, and no wonder. He was not elected to shoot nurses or raise healthcare costs for ordinary Americans while cutting taxes for billionaires. Yet the Democratic party’s elderly, w

Issue of the week: the return of tariff ...

“The Trump tariffs are dead. Long live the Trump tariffs,” says Roge Karma in The Atlantic. The US Supreme Court has struck down most of Donald Trump’s landmark “liberation day” tariffs, finding that

It all started promisingly enough. French biologist Gabriela Lobinska had enjoyed her Ph.D. training, researching how organisms change over time. Arriving at Harvard Medical School in September 2024,

paulkrugman.substack.com America’s oligarchs have orchestrated an “unprecedented power grab”, says Paul Krugman. Ever since the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” ruling, which removed all restrictions

TODAY’S DEBATE OVER THE FUTURE OF HIGHER education is often framed as a choice between diversity and meritocracy, as if universities must choose between the identity and the quality of their students.