To critics, renaming Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump smacks of political graffiti. But the coming grift is what they should be most concerned about.

The Trump Organization said Trump was “deeply honored that the people of Florida are considering renaming his hometown airport in his honor.”

But the people of ...Read more

The mid-decade congressional redistricting war that President Donald Trump triggered is likely to end without any clear partisan benefit for either party. But the cost to the country will be substantial.

Neither party is likely to net a meaningful advantage in the House of Representatives because the competing redistricting frenzies in ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s second administration has displayed a certain kind of masculine flex — the sort that reflects the populist right’s notion of manliness: a defense secretary who tells the world “F-A-F-O;” a health and human services secretary who publicizes shirtless workouts; an upcoming MMA tournament on the White House lawn. ...Read more

As almost everybody knows, the AI gold rush is upon us. And in few fields is it happening as fast and furiously as in healthcare.

That points to an important corollary: Beware.

Artificial intelligence technology has helped radiologists identify anomalies in images that human users have missed. It has some evident benefits in relieving doctors ...Read more

France is great. I visit a few times a year, and the food is fantastic, the museums are amazing, and the day care is free (or heavily subsidized) starting at 3 months old. New York City, where I live, is also great, with pretty good food and architecture. The day care, not so much.

Of course that French day care comes at a steep price. The ...Read more

Muted yet deafening are the many dog whistles suggesting that American foreign policy under President Donald Trump is at least in part based on race, and specifically on white Christian nationalism.

Nobody in the administration has said so baldly. In fact, all involved reject the idea with well-rehearsed indignation. “I am, by the way, the ...Read more

Explaining cruelty to a child is difficult, especially when it comes from policy, not chance. My youngest son, just old enough to notice, asks why a boy with a backpack is crying on TV. He wonders why the police grip his father’s hand so tightly, and why the woman behind them is crying so hard she can barely walk.

Unfortunately, I tell him ...Read more

In 1761, James Otis Jr., a 36-year-old lawyer, ignited an early spark of the American Revolution when he resigned his post as Massachusetts Advocate General to represent merchants challenging the British use of overly broad warrants. Though he lost the case, his speech electrified the colonies: John Adams later wrote that Otis’s argument was ...Read more

For years now, conservative voices have railed against the outsize influence of public-sector unions on the running of American cities, with Chicago serving as one of the leading examples. Now, more left-of-center voices are sounding the alarm and saying the stakes for Democrats in charge of America’s largest cities couldn’t be higher.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was the Los Angeles Hispanic Republican Club's potluck party for President Trump's State of the Union address, but there was a problem:

Not many Hispanics showed up. Or people, period.

About half of the the 20-some folks who trudged into the club's Woodland Hills offices were Latino. Four of them were Chairman David ...Read more

For this year's State of the Union address, as usual, the president was the center of attention. That's just where Donald Trump lives, so it's no wonder that he broke his record for the length of the nationally televised speech. He was the star of his own unreality show, with an audience of tens of millions. In front of him, idolatrous ...Read more

The President of the United States “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” This is the constitutional basis for what has become known at the State of the Union address.

None of America’s founders ...Read more

It’s hard to pinpoint when the concept of the State of the Union address jumped the shark. But a good starting point for discussion would be 1996, when President Bill Clinton devoted considerable time in his long-winded oration to championing uniforms in public schools.

Since then, the events have become rather mundane affairs, often ...Read more

Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris have long circled one another.

The two moved in the same political slipstream, wooed the same set of Democratic donors and, for a time, even shared the same group of campaign advisors.

Harris rose from San Francisco district attorney to elected positions in Sacramento and Washington before twice running ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran are hurtling toward a conflict neither ostensibly wants but both seem unable to avoid. The long-standing rivals ought to pause and think carefully about where their true interests lie.

After weeks of buildup, two U.S. carrier groups and squadrons of advanced fighters and bombers are now poised to launch massive air and missile...Read more

America is now living in what might be called the Age of the Corporation. Corporate profits, after having reached 8% of GDP only once in the previous 94 years, have averaged 9% since 2021. The statutory corporate income tax rate, meanwhile, is now just 21% — down from 52% in 1960 — as federal tax revenue from corporations has fallen from 4% ...Read more

Is reality finally settling in on Capitol Hill? The nation can only hope.

As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion, and Social Security and Medicare get nearer to insolvency with each tick of the clock, pressure mounts on the White House and Congress to craft a more sustainable path forward. After decades of apathy — which has pushed ...Read more

We have all had the experience of staying a few days in a hotel — say on holiday — which becomes home. Quickly, it becomes familiar. Individuals adjust to change. People who come into money get used to being well-off, and people who lose everything get used to that.

So, too, with nations. They adjust with this attitude: That is just the way...Read more