Republicans are coming for your blue M&Ms
A close-up image shows a bowl of blue M&M candies. | Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images If you were anything like me as a kid, trick-or-treating meant...
Author : Robert C. Danielson
The Democrat capturing Christian voters in the Trump era
ELLSWORTH, Kansas — David Rankin has never been one for putting up campaign lawn signs. As a lifelong Republican in a town of 3,000 —...
The Supreme Court is about to decide whether to ban trans women from women’s sports
The plaintiffs in the case K.M.K. v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association effectively want the Supreme Court to bar trans women from women’s sports teams at...
Have You Stopped Trying to Give 100%?
I saw an interesting clip the other day of Amy Poehler interviewing Rashida Jones on her podcast, talking about a subject near and dear to...
Maybe secular liberals can’t save democracy
A priest speaks to parishioners during Sunday Catholic Mass inside the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on August 10, 2025, in Mission, Texas. | Tom...
How Old Are You In Your Head?
Here’s maybe a fun question for today — how old are you in your head (vs your actual age, or how old you FEEL)? I’m...
There’s a silver lining to your unhappiness
What can an economist teach us about misery? I had that question in mind while reading the new book The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad...
Movies may soon get more boring
An activist protests the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery in Hollywood on September 22, 2026. | Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images...
Can thrift shops save us from Shein?
Think about what you’re wearing right now. Did you pick it out? Or was it chosen for you by an algorithm you haven’t even considered? ...
The two athletes in every horse race
Horse racing can be an unusually dangerous profession for both the jockey and the horse: Riding a half-ton animal at nearly 40 miles per hour...