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Megan McardleBloomberg |
This will be my first Thanksgiving as an orphan, which simultaneously seems a strange way to describe yourself at 51 and the most accurate...
I used to spend a lot of time complaining that liberal media bias hurt Republican politicians and conservative causes. I no longer make that...
Over the next weeks and months, we will witness a bitter, brutal fight among factions of the Democratic Party over how to rebuild after a...
Garbage-gate might not be the scandal America deserves this election cycle, but it’s the one we’ve earned. First, Donald Trump’s campaign...
In campaigning with former congresswoman Liz Cheney, the Harris campaign believes it is making a play for Republicans who can’t stomach former...
It’s hard to pick just one favorite form of internet insanity, but, if I had to, it would definitely be shoplifting denialism. Over the last few...
Given our rapid demographic shifts, I suppose it was inevitable that the problems of an aging society would be embodied in a presidential election...
While the striking port workers were hogging all the media attention, on the West Coast another strike was quietly easing through its third week....
For the past 10 years, I’ve watched in dismay as institution after institution abandoned what I had believed were bedrock commitments to free...
As I drove to the AMC theater in Danvers, Mass., my phone kept peppering me with the same plaintive question: “Am I Racist?” It was startling...
The correction is the most underrated journalistic form. Almost no one reads them except other journalists. But read properly, each one tells a...
The government struggles with a lot — but one thing it excels at is writing checks. There’s a reason Social Security is one of the U.S....
In recent years, a growing number of people have decided that the smart way to tackle poverty is with cash. This idea assumes that most of what...
Taxing unrealized capital gains is a desperation move. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on...
Kamala Harris can’t count on adding 3 million houses to the market by 2028. Houses under construction in Brambleton, Va. (Andrew...
Too many efforts to weed out falsehoods have been marred by politics. A viewer watches Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump on X on Monday....
Opinion What will the Google antitrust ruling mean for search — and all of us? Creating more competition could be good for everyone, including...
On Monday, bitcoin did the opposite of what it’s supposed to do. Coin renderings of cryptocurrencies bitcoin, dash, ethereum, ripple and litecoin....
No one was harmed, and the suspect is in custody. What remains is the symbolism. Secret Service agents at the Republican National Convention in...
The days of America’s manufacturing boom are gone for good. Refrigerators are seen at a Lowe's outlet store in Miami in 2022. (Joe Raedle/Getty...
Big tech companies can be more useful than many small ones — until something goes wrong. Travelers at Austin's international airport navigate...
Capping rents dampens an essential signal to developers to build more housing units. A "For Rent" sign outside a Sacramento apartment building....
Trump’s choice will reverberate in the party for years. J.D. Vance speaks at a press conference in New York on May 13. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP, File)...