The Trump administration’s response to the two recent killings in Minneapolis has achieved the peculiar distinction of being both horrifying and ridiculous at the same time — like watching “The Death of Stalin,” except without the self-awareness or the courtesy of being fiction.

One of the faces of this farce is that of Kristi Noem, the...Read more

Some of the prominent Democrats interested in pursuing the presidency appear confused about what it takes to win the White House.

How else to explain their ducking and dissembling on the politically charged issue of transgender rights, helpfully reported by the “Axios 2028” newsletter. Reporters Alex Thompson and Holly Otterbein asked ...Read more

A recent IBM survey of 2,000 executives on their expectations for artificial intelligence in 2030 revealed something noteworthy. They unsurprisingly predict that AI investment will surge (from already high levels) and that 79% expect AI will contribute significantly to their revenue. But strikingly, only 24% “clearly see” where that revenue ...Read more

Life-or-death decisions in thousands of cases are made every year by immigration judges— but don’t let their title give you the wrong idea about their position.

In America we have the expectation that judges are independent, allowing them to rule without “fear or favor” in the cases that come before them. But immigration judges have ...Read more

Congress and the courts have all but destroyed the thing that made college sports so special, the idea of amateur student athletes competing for their schools in exchange for a free education and the opportunity to display their skills on a stage that could lead them to the professional sports leagues.

Now, with the NCAA increasingly losing ...Read more

Despite widespread pushback, the Trump administration and the National Park Service removed exhibits on slavery from the President’s House, a recreation of the executive residence that once housed George Washington and John Adams.

The exhibits detailed facts about slavery in early America, including how Washington engaged in a human shell ...Read more

President Donald Trump and his supporters like to think of their MAGA movement as an unstoppable locomotive. After Border Patrol agents brutally beat, shot and killed Alex Pretti this weekend in Minneapolis, we're seeing the Trump Train derail in a way it never has.

Already, Border Patrol commander at large Gregory Bovino seems to have been ...Read more

Millions of us saw what the killers did to Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the icy streets of Minneapolis. Millions of us are witnesses to the violence.

Like it or not, this forces us to make a decision. We know what happened — what are we going to do about it?

For many thousands, the answer is to keep showing up and speaking out. The good ...Read more

The attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., at a Minneapolis town hall Tuesday was both reprehensible and inevitable.

In an age when polarized politics have whipped extremists into a frenzy and disagreeing with someone’s views justifies physical assault among fringe elements, the assault on Omar is a new abysmal milestone of societal degradation....Read more

Sometimes a view of the bigger picture is born in small moments. The other day, I and my little pug, Lily, were at a friend’s house visiting her and her pug, Olive. The two dogs were crawling all over us on the couch, when Olive abruptly jumped off, ran to a corner of the room and hit a bell. Surprised, I asked my friend what that was about. ...Read more

It can hardly be disputed that science and medicine today are awash in disinformation.

It's why respected scientists get physically assaulted and hauled before partisan committees in Congress to be smeared. It's why childhood vaccine rates in some places are plummeting and measles is on the rampage across the country.

Therefore, it behooves us...Read more

In a country as wealthy as the United States, it is a bitter irony that millions of people still fall through the cracks of a social safety net meant to protect them.

Welfare programs exist, but they are fragmented, riddled with arbitrary rules and built around abrupt cutoffs that punish progress. Missing a form, filing late or earning slightly...Read more

As the Twin Cities reel from this month’s killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration agents, the city’s business community responded with a call for common sense and common ground.

On Jan. 25, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce called for de-escalation, peace and cooperation, in a brief, carefully neutral notice signed by...Read more

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz — offering to scale back ICE operations in exchange for the state’s compliance with her demands — is inappropriate and reads as a thinly veiled attempt at extortion.

“Operation Metro Surge,” involving the deployment of some 3,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...Read more

Big Tech is not merely reshaping how Americans consume information; it is warping how our democracy functions.

Social media platforms have quietly become the primary source of news for millions of Americans, accelerating the decline of traditional journalism and replacing it with algorithm-driven feeds optimized for outrage, speed and emotional...Read more

Put me down as an AI optimist. Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the economy and make Americans richer, healthier and more productive. I’d bet money on it — in fact I have, through the shares I own in an index fund, which means I am long the U.S. economy.

That said, there are certain things not even AI can do, and one ...Read more

It’s funny how art so often imitates life. Unless you’re Larry Summers.

As I considered the former Harvard University president and treasury secretary’s fall from grace, I couldn’t help but be reminded of “The Blue Angel.” This 1930 film tells the story of a stern but respectable teacher at a boys school. He is confronted with a ...Read more

For just $95, the acquisitive President Donald Trump could have a replica of the iconic "The Buck Stops Here" sign that sat atop President Truman's Oval Office desk, gift-boxed from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Store. But this gewgaw isn't gold; it's wood. And yet that's not the reason it wouldn't be at home on Trump's ...Read more

The latest report on CTE is both enlightening and alarming.

As the Herald reported, a groundbreaking study from Boston University researchers found that those with CTE have a much higher chance of being diagnosed with dementia.

The largest study of its kind from the Boston University CTE Center reveals that the progressive brain disease ...Read more

As Super Bowl Sunday approaches—the second biggest food consumption day of the year—tons of people will ask AI for party recipes. Ask any AI for pork tacos, and it will quickly spit out several versions. But ask for cat tacos, and it will offer a lecture on morality instead of a shopping list. The contrast isn’t an error in code—it’s a...Read more