Three decisions in three days last week showed us how Americans can keep corporate Goliaths in check, even when the federal government refuses to. On Wednesday, a jury found that the mega-concert promoter Live Nation…

Driving west on I-70 Tuesday evening, I saw flashing police lights on the side of the road. It was early evening, and I was headed home after spending two days in Columbia, Mo. at a…

The president has repeatedly mocked Gov. Gavin Newsom for being dyslexic. It’s a cheap shot, but it’s also proof of something more deeply troubling: an entrenched and damaging assumption that people who struggle to read,…

Increasingly, teachers and schools fretting over students using artificial intelligence to complete their assignments are turning to AI detectors to catch would-be cheaters.  That may sound like a smart countermeasure to a pernicious tech shortcut.…

When a profession is in high demand but short supply, the laws of supply and demand are clear.  Wages rise. Scarcity forces employers to compete, using higher salaries to attract workers. Those higher wages also…

Millions in the streets. An unpopular war. Violence. And in the middle of all that: a moonshot. The parallels between today and 1968 are eerie. Nearly 60 years ago, civil rights marches and anti-Vietnam-war rallies…

On Sunday night, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in one of the most important elections I’ve ever witnessed.  The right-wing strongman stepped down from power in Hungary after a rule of 16 years…

Last year, Pope Leo XIV questioned whether the “inhuman treatment of immigrants” is consistent with being pro-life. This year, on Easter, he said, “Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace!”  On…

Kansas just pulled off one of the great regional upsets in modern economic politics. A multibillion-dollar stadium deal. A domed facility. The Chiefs — the Chiefs — crossing State Line Road into Kansas.  After decades…

I’ve noticed this week that the volunteers that had been greeting us at the door of my 4-year-old’s child care center aren’t there anymore.  I take it as another small sign of normalcy, which many…