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Thanks to Trump, the House GOP is now vulnerable on the border
The Democrats believe they can flip the House on the issue.
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Extreme apocalyptic rhetoric is everywhere and it's dangerous
It's so normalized it’s hard to draw causal connections between rhetoric and violence, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. That’s the point.
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Yes, the trial is bad for Trump
I asked for opinions on the first criminal case against a former president. To my surprise, I found more hope than hopelessness.
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Why do white rural voters vote for Republicans?
It's not because they are rural, writes Noah Berlatsky.
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If you think Trump is going to lose, how does that compare to your expectations of 2016?
I asked readers to compare their feelings. Here are the results.
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Beneath all the fear and paranoia is ‘the Eucharist defiled’
The author of "The Politics of Fear" talks about America's oldest hatred.
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On the road
A little rest while I can.
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Maga chooses Putin over Zelensky and needless devastation over freedom
This is who they are, writes Stephen Robinson.
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Sadly, for Trump, Arizona's abortion ban is bullshit-resistant
It's a real policy problem. Naturally, he has no idea what to do.
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Let's center Biden’s stutter
We should recognize the product of a lifetime of effort borne of hardship: a brain that’s fitter than the average 81-year-old’s.
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Maga blots out democracy's sun
Since the last solar eclipse, we have learned that Trumpism is a dangerous political religion that has no rules, writes Claire Bond Potter.
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Will Sonia Sotomayor pull a last-minute Anthony Kennedy?
Seems unlikely, writes Stephen Robinson.