Ted Cruz’s Laughable Disguise
It’s a season of false political fronts. His is especially bogus.
View ArticleHow ISIS Defeats Us
If we can’t behave more logically than ideologically, we’re doomed.
View ArticleThe Gift of Reading
Books are fundamental engines of advancement, illumination, wonder. Let’s get them in more children’s hands.
View ArticleOne Governor’s Extraordinary Year
Larry Hogan, a Maryland Republican, successfully battled cancer. Can he vanquish partisanship as well?
View ArticleAnyone but Ted Cruz
The strident Texas senator wants the ultimate promotion. Check his references first.
View ArticleWhat to Tell Donald Trump
The planet’s neediest billionaire is aiding our enemies by playing into their narrative.
View ArticleThe Lie About College Diversity
Once a campus of different races and ethnicities is assembled, then what? Schools haven’t mastered that part.
View ArticleCruz Blusters and Trump Sulks at Tense Republican Debate
It was a night of bickering and bluster that hardly left Americans feeling any safer.
View ArticleThe Invisible Democratic Debates
For all their flaws and fakery, the Republican candidates have squared off frequently. But Hillary Clinton and Co. have been shamefully demure.
View ArticleBeing Smart About Your Child’s Brain
For young athletes, there’s a world of inadequately acknowledged danger beyond football, concussions and “Concussion.”
View ArticleBlood, Sweat and Trump
The Republican front-runner’s latest swipes, at Hillary Clinton, reveal some exceedingly strange hang-ups.
View ArticleThe Juicy Subplots of 2016
Will Barack Obama bust loose? Will Bill Clinton lay low? Will it all come down to New Hampshire?
View ArticleMarco Rubio Doesn’t Add Up
Is it wise to wager on a hyper-controlled candidate who’s all puzzles and paradoxes?
View ArticleThe Clintons’ Secret Language
Bill and Hillary have a marriage like any other — it’s unknowable from the outside.
View ArticleObnoxiousness Is the New Charisma
Smug, mean and in the lead, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are rewriting the rules of likability.
View ArticleTrump and Cruz Set an Ugly, Nasty Tone
With time running out, the Republicans went for broke at their most venomous meeting yet.
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Existential Pickle
The egomaniacal billionaire has something on the line in Iowa that no other Republican does.
View ArticleRethinking College Admissions
A new report suggests that we’re on the cusp of important, necessary changes in the way colleges evaluate applicants.
View ArticleOur Insane Addiction to Polls
Voter surveys are contradictory and unreliable, and may well warp election outcomes. But we’re awash in them as never before.
View ArticleThe Twinned Egos of Cruz and Trump
The Republican front-runners are quite the self-infatuated pair. What does that say about the future of politics?
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