Thursday, March 19, 2026

How to get teenagers to read important books? Ban them.

There’s no better way to get a teenager to read a book than to ban it.

NYT twists stats to insist we need more policing

A position that is, in fact, highly disputed, and worth debunking in detail, since it’s a popular one these days, both in the Times and in other prominent outlets.

An uncharitable view of charity

The need for charity only exists because we’re tolerating intentional injustices and widespread inequality created by power elites.

How the U.S. transportation system fuels inequality

For decades, the federal government has allocated about four times as much funding to roadways as it has to public transit such...

Why is Ali the last American hero?

At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; representing a documentary film, radio serial,...

Save our endangered cartoonists

Right before our eyes, an invaluable American species is fast disappearing from view: Kartoonus Amerikanas. These are the newspaper...
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MLK Day special: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his own words

While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice.

Martin Luther King, Jr., internationalist

His outlook went well beyond our borders.

After Navient forgives $1.7B, Progressive say cancel all student debt

"All student loans are predatory because no one should have to go into debt to get an education."

Inflation inequality: Poorest Americans are hit hardest by soaring prices on necessities

The fastest rate of inflation in 40 years is hurting families across the U.S. who are seeing ever-higher prices for everything from...