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Fidel Castro's Centenary and Cuba's Kleptocratic Legacy
As Fidel Castro's centenary approaches, Cuba's elite thrive in luxury while the majority suffer from extreme poverty and failing infrastructure that the regime neglects.
Let Us Not Forget Multilateral Institutions
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb recently laid out a road map for middle-power action in The Economist, having recognized the importance of actively taking on the world as it is, not passively waiting for a world we wish to be. Their joint commentary is a summer sequel to Carney's viral speech at Davos in January and Stubb's December Foreign Affairs article…
The 10 Best College Football Towns in America
Iowa's Energy Grid Isn't a Riverboat Casino
Just Say It: Plastic Surgery Is Bad for Us
Women online are reversing their plastic surgery-but all of them caveat their posts with 'I don't want to judge!' Freya India asks: Why not?
Ozempic Is Not Just a Weight-Loss Story Anymore
The Unmaking of Jason Arday
Adjuncting Until the End of Time
Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. The conditions are unsustainable-for professors and students alike.
When Astronomy Morphs Into Astrology
Greatest Risk to Hollywood Isn't the Merger--It's the Delay
With a federal antitrust trial now set for March, uncertainty could stall projects and shrink production jobs for months.
Hasan Piker Should Not Be Silenced
Hasan Piker should not be silenced. The radical leftist influencer has burst onto the political scene as a self-styled Marxist kingmaker and viewpoint enforcer.
Why Don't Lefties Do Better Among Working-Class?
I Arrested Laken Riley's Killer 6 Months Before Her Murder
Ethan Curreri is a former New York City police officer who arrested Laken Riley's killer for a lesser crime six months before the illegal migrant was released a thanks to New York's sanctuarya¦
Fauci Hearing Was Painful To Watch, But We Need Answers
Does Leftism Thrive on Its Own Failures?
Amid Republican Midterm Worries, Trump OK's Cash Infusion
Requiem for a Dream: Jason Arday Was a Child of God
Jason Arday was a child of God, as are we all. He was a liar, certainly, but he committed no monstrous sin. Let's mourn him humbly and without rancor.
ABC News Exposed, Changed Coverage Due to 'Fauci'
Human history is shaped by epic rivalries, and Dr. Anthony Fauci's adversarial relationship with the truth has proven one such antagonism.
What's Hiding Underneath Trump's Blustering on Iran
Trump's narrative of of total control over Iran is a fiction.
Karoline Leavitt, Trump's Happy Warrior
The outgoing press secretary's tenure isn't the only example of the Trump team laughing in the face of political danger.
Progressives Are in a Catch-22
The "vibe shift" takes hold.
FBI: Violent Crime Plummeted in 2025
The FBI's report, which compiles crime data from about 87% of the country's police departments, shows an 18.1% decrease in the murder rate compared with the prior year.
Which Way, Colorado?
Why Democrats Might Be So Friendly to Medicaid Fraud
Expand Train­ing Pro­grams for Entry-Level Health Care Jobs
Medicaid Needs Stronger Work Requirements
WNBA Should Clarify That Only Women Can Play
Who's eligible to play in the WNBA? According to their collective bargaining agreement: only players who are women. In simpler times - that is, before the proliferation of laws and guidelines that enshrined gender identity as a facet of, or replacement for, sex - no further clarification would be necessary. But these are complicated times, [...]Read More...
Men Also Want It All
Does anyone actually miss the '50s?
The Quiet Manufacturing Boom
Beneath the cacophony of media noise, an important untold story emerges: A manufacturing boom is unfolding across America right now, and especially so in the geographic center of the country.This developing boom represents an epochal shift because investments in factories and tangible production involve the stickiest kind of capital
Iranians Struggle To Afford Groceries Amid U.S. Squeeze
The Electoral Integrity Issue Isn't Israel--It's Islam
Seedy foreign money is shaping our culture and our politics, but it's not coming from where the propagandists say it is.
The Making & Remaking of Chinese Totalitarianism
Editor's Note: The death of former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, a leading architect of China's market reforms, gives new resonance to the author's argument: China transformed its economy without fundamentally changing the political system beneath it.By Chenggang Xu, Project Syndicate August 14, 2026For decades, the
Closing Federal Prisons: A Winning Hand
The Case for Lesser-Known Colleges
The premium on elite institutions, where admission has become dramatically more intense is wildly overrated. I should know.