2026-01-11 21:00:17
Let’s resolve to have the courage to speak up more in 2026. I realize this is easy for me to say; I’m a columnist. But I live in Florida, where I have many friends who have been Trump supporters and who are privately queasy about what they see as brazen corruption coming from President Donald Trump and his administration. While there is widespread support for the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, many wanted more transparency about the threat to our national interest. Yet, they don’
2026-01-11 21:00:17
After a drubbing in 2024 and a rocky start to 2025, Democrats are showing signs of life. The chaos coming out of the White House and the unaddressed cost-of-living crisis have set up an issue matrix that is favorable to their party as it seeks to win the House in the midterms. Almost every generic congressional ballot poll since July has Democrats ahead of Republicans; the party needs only a net gain of three seats to make Representative Hakeem Jeffries the first Black Speaker of the House. Stil
2026-01-11 21:00:15
A superpower is zapping drug boats, on shaky legal premises, and snatching foreign leaders in the dead of night. From Greenland to Ukraine to the Himalayas, strong countries are redrawing — or threatening to redraw — the borders of weaker neighbors. International law and arms control agreements are unraveling as strategic rivalry intensifies. The incidence of armed conflict is surging as curbs on aggression erode. Freedom of navigation has been challenged in crucial waterways, from the Red Sea t
2026-01-11 16:00:17
One central question about the Ukraine war has always been whether Vladimir Putin would be satisfied if allowed to succeed, or if he’d go further, aiming to collapse NATO from within and reestablish a sphere of influence for Moscow that just a few decades ago stretched deep into central Europe. More importantly, could he?
2026-01-10 21:00:17
The new US dietary guidelines are distorted by politics and tainted by the influence of the meat and dairy industries — but they may still improve Americans’ health because they reverse previous nutrition standards that were themselves politicized and unduly influenced by the sugar industry.
2026-01-10 21:00:17
Our columnists have some predictions about AI, the housing market, the Fed and more.
