August 2021

Frankly, it’s a wonder we are allowed to read him at all

America’s mood is somewhere between despondency and revolt

Black and white America alike suffer from the failure of functional older men to socialize younger men

Let’s get the myths out of the way: COVID wasn’t the main driver behind the recent crime surge

Children and families are the hottest topics in politics — and I can’t help but feel left out

The summer gleams with potential — and once again the epithets have started to fly

Today, the Democratic version of patriotism seems to be an endless stream of resentment and self-loathing

Ebrahim Raisi was — and remains — Iran’s hanging judge

African artifacts are too hot to handle

Chicago is turning into New York, only with worse weather

Who gave the Feds access to Twitter?

Trillions of dollars have flowed through the Pentagon’s war budgets in the last two decades

If America is to remain a superpower, the age of elective wars must end

‘I do think that with the rise of this really crazy right, you have to turn to social psychology for an explanation’