Opinion
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O.J. and the Monster Jealousy
On Thursday, I went over to South Bundy Drive in Brentwood, where the double murder happened. O.J. Simpson was dead…
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A Companion on the Road to Recovery
By around 2 p.m., just after lunch, activity at the critical care unit of the Jayadeva hospital in Bengaluru, India,…
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Indigenous Authors and the Challenge of Telling Their Own Story
A university program seeks to improve cross-cultural understanding in Australia’s publishing industry.
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The Quiet Magic of Middle Managers
Nobody writes poems about middle managers. Nobody gets too romantic about the person who runs a department at a company,…
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The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement
To understand the remarkable moral, political and intellectual collapse of the pro-life movement, look to the Alabama Supreme Court, not…
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Bravo! Hurray! Wahoo! (Meh.)
If you’ve been to a Broadway show since roughly the late Clinton administration, I’ll bet I know how it ended:…
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The Very High Stakes of Failing to Help Ukraine
Since Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine in 2014, a rare consensus has formed in Washington around this conviction: America must…
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Many Patients Don’t Survive End-Stage Poverty
He has an easy smile, blue eyes and a life-threatening bone infection in one arm. Grateful for treatment, he jokes…
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‘Civil War’ Reminds Us That Not Only Can It Happen Here, but It Did
“Not one man in America wanted the Civil War, or expected or intended it,” Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy…
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It’s Time to End the Quiet Cruelty of Property Taxes
Property taxes, the lifeblood of local governments and school districts, are one of the most powerful and stealthy engines of…