Michigan Republican Posts Unbelievably Racist Great Replacement Meme

A Michigan lawmaker posted an overtly racist image on Tuesday, using his office’s official account to elevate a white supremacist conspiracy theory on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The image, which depicts Black silhouettes covering much of the Continue reading Michigan Republican Posts Unbelievably Racist Great Replacement Meme

The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point About Electric Cars

The project of selling Americans on big cars has been phenomenally successful. At this point, the Big Three have basically stopped making anything else, ceding markets for compacts and sedans to foreign companies as models in the U.S. keep getting Continue reading The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point About Electric Cars

Nikki Haley Is Going to Lay into Trump, and It Will Be Great to Watch

But conflict is always new, especially when there hasn’t been that much of it in a campaign characterized by the reluctance of Trump’s Republican opponents to go after him in anything but the gentlest of terms. In addition, reporters are Continue reading Nikki Haley Is Going to Lay into Trump, and It Will Be Great to Watch

Arkansas Has a New Abortion Ballot Proposal–And It’s Not As Great as It Seems

South Africa asked the International Court of Justice in late December for an urgent order declaring that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its nearly three-month assault on the Gaza Strip. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby Continue reading Arkansas Has a New Abortion Ballot Proposal–And It’s Not As Great as It Seems

Eric Adams Thinks New York City Is Great Because 9/11 Can Happen at Any Moment

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has an interesting opinion on what makes the Big Apple so great: it could be subject to a terrorist attack at any moment. In a Monday interview, Adams was asked to sum up 2023 Continue reading Eric Adams Thinks New York City Is Great Because 9/11 Can Happen at Any Moment

Democrats Had a Great Day on Tuesday. Joe Biden Is Still in Serious Trouble.

Alas, the political reality that existed before yesterday’s elections remains largely unchanged: Biden is extremely unpopular, and the biggest drags on his candidacy—his age and the economy—will still be potent a year from now.  The vast majority of voters think Continue reading Democrats Had a Great Day on Tuesday. Joe Biden Is Still in Serious Trouble.

The Work That Didn’t Win Claudia Goldin Her Nobel Is Great Too

Another driver of the Great Compression was an increase in the number of college graduates that matched and occasionally exceeded rising demand for skilled labor, especially after passage of the G.I Bill in 1944 furnished free tuition to World War Continue reading The Work That Didn’t Win Claudia Goldin Her Nobel Is Great Too