In this issue

Against the New Nationalism; Just How Good Is Trump's Economy, Anyway?; The Truth Could Set Them Free; The Thoroughly Modern Spinoza; Interview: Amity Shlaes

SEATTLE'S SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS BEGUN DISMANTLING ITS GIFTED PROGRAMS

AS IF TO demonstrate why school choice matters, Seattle’s education system is purposefully dismantling a program to serve its gifted students at one of its schools— and completely ignoring parents’ wishes in the process.

3 mins

CALIFORNIA'S GIG ECONOMY IS UNDER ATTACK

A NEW CALIFORNIA law intended to force employers to hire workers as employees rather than treat them as contractors is killing freelance jobs across the Golden State and leaving those contractors in limbo.

5 mins

Trump's Quiet War On Iran Gets Loud

The US Drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on January 2, 2020, seemed to many Americans like the start of a war.

5 mins

Against the New Nationalism

“Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism,”

10+ mins

Just How Good Is Trump's Economy, Anyway?

IF DONALD TRUMP has his way in November’s presidential election, he’ll coast to victory on the strength of the economy.

10+ mins

The Truth Could Set Them Free

WHY DID CALIFORNIA DESTROY RESEARCH INTO A GROUP OF PEOPLE IT SAYS ARE DANGEROUS ENOUGH TO BE LOCKED UP INDEFINITELY?

10+ mins

The Not-So-Great Society

Historian Amity Shlaes on the good intentions and bad results of LBJ’s war on poverty

10+ mins

How Bad Is Online Harassment?

AND HOW DANGEROUS IS IT FOR THE FUTURE OF FREE SPEECH?

10+ mins

Understanding Ellison

In a new collection of letters, the great Invisible Man author is further revealed.

5 mins

Christopher Preble Says Killing Soleimani Didn't Make America Safer

IN EARLY JANUARY, the United States took out Iran’s top military leader, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as he passed through Iraq. President Donald Trump’s decision to order the killing of a foreign government official was controversial both at home and abroad.

3 mins

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