What’s the story with Mark Conditt, the Austin terror suspect who blew himself up as police closed in? That’s what we all want to know. Instinctively, we yearn for a storyline that tells us who... Read More

The administration of George W. Bush was not known for gushing green. On the contrary, it brushed aside the views of mainstream climate scientists, both inside and outside the government. By comparison with the Trump... Read More

After so many horrific shootings—Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Sandy Hook, Orlando, and many, many others—it’s almost too enervating to write about the horror in Las Vegas. At least fifty-nine dead and over 500 wounded: a... Read More

All reasonable Americans agree that we need a rational, equitable, and enforceable immigration system. But in 1965 we replaced an explicitly racist law with one that mindlessly imposed a 20,000 person immigration limit on countries... Read More

A hip-hop producer, a WWII veteran and Trump supporter, and an autistic lesbian pastry chef: those are just a few of the people I met in Nebraska during the Great American Eclipse. I also met... Read More

I’m sitting in one of the most beautiful spots in the world, under a tower of war. Back in the United States it’s Memorial Day. With that on my mind, this tower forms a nearly... Read More

Take out your mobile phone and give it a good look. Curiosity made that. Curiosity coupled with intense concentration, wild imagination, bold hypotheses, and years of experimental toil to validate them. The slim device in... Read More