Reading List

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Kids do not want to go to child-free weddings either

There are many places where adults would prefer not to be around other people’s children. Seated next to or in front of them on airplanes, their homes, spas, commercial fishing vessels; these places range far and wide. But there are few places where regular citizens, outside of private business and local governments, can impose a […]

Why prices won’t — and shouldn’t — go down

Before his second term, then-former President Donald Trump ran a campaign in 2024 promising to lower the prices of pretty much everything. “When I win, I will immediately bring prices down. Starting on day one,” he said.  And in the months since retaking office, Trump has said, “The economy’s doing great. The stock market’s higher […]

When it comes to nukes and AI, people are worried about the wrong thing

It would take about 30 minutes for a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to travel from Russia to the United States. If launched from a submarine, it could arrive even faster than that. Once the launch is detected and confirmed as an attack, the president is briefed. At that point, the commander-in-chief might have about […]

The DOJ’s big screwups, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: It has been a bad week for President Donald Trump’s Justice Department, after basic lawyering mistakes set back the president’s agenda on two fronts. What […]

The US-Saudi relationship is too big to fail…for now

The most shocking thing about President Donald Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Tuesday was that anyone was shocked by it.  The main headline coming out of the two leaders’ combative session with reporters was Trump’s blasé dismissal of a question about the 2018 murder of Washington Post columnist […]