In Focus

People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (Steven Senne/AP)

Restoring Veritas? Harvard University still has a long way to go toward returning to its true mission

Michael M. Rosen · October 18, 2026 4:00 pm

Defendant Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington listen to Judge William Sullivan declare a mistrial in Clancy's murder trial on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass.

The Lindsay Clancy case exposes the insanity defense loophole

The SSA office.

The looming Social Security cliff

Associate Justice Samuel Alito

Why speculation about Justice Alito’s future continues despite his rejection of retirement

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia walks out to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Washington.

Zacharia had to go. Here’s who should be next

Chinese military vehicles.

China is the elephant in the room as Trump and Hegseth rage over munitions

Mike Brest August 10, 2026 8:00 am

Antony Blinken

Foreign money is flooding US politics — but AIPAC’s is American

Bethany Mandel August 9, 2026 2:00 pm

Vice President JD Vance.

What is post-liberalism, and why is it trending?

Timothy P. Carney August 9, 2026 6:00 am

Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris gather in a Sukkot

Democrats’ fundraising woes raise questions about whether Jewish donors are pulling back

Samantha-Jo Roth August 8, 2026 2:00 pm

Gen Z

Gen Z can’t explain America’s founding. That’s our fault

Samuel J. Abrams August 8, 2026 6:00 am

Abdul el Sayed at a church service.

Abdul el Sayed is an American tragedy

David Harsanyi August 7, 2026 2:00 pm

Democratic Socialists of America DSA

The creation myth behind the campaign to abolish America

Peter Laffin August 7, 2026 6:00 am

Abdul El-Sayed arrives for a news conference.

Post-woke America? Think again

Guy Benson August 6, 2026 2:00 pm

Migrants cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026.

Welfare and legal reform will fix Europe’s immigration crisis

Tom Rogan August 6, 2026 6:00 am

Artificial intelligence regulations depicted with U.S. Capitol Building

Should a robot decide who dies on the battlefield?

Charles Camosy August 5, 2026 4:16 pm

Matt Damon in "The Odyssey." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pic/Melinda via IMDB)

The Odyssey is proof that politics makes a person miserable

Becket Adams August 5, 2026 2:00 pm

Trump global tariffs

Trump’s tariff ‘Plan B’ has arrived

Philip Magness, J. Marc Wheat August 5, 2026 6:00 am