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The China fetish is getting to be a bit much
There are other countries in the world.
Nov 21 • 
Jerusalem Demsas
"Some kids are just dumb" is not good education policy
Yes, Freddie, I think UCSD students can do basic algebra
Nov 20 • 
Kelsey Piper
The COVID political backlash disappeared
Turns out the pandemic didn't break the Democratic Party
Nov 20 • 
Lakshya Jain
2026 is looking terrible for Republicans
They are losing the voters who powered Trump’s victory
Nov 19 • 
Lakshya Jain
Voters don't care much about climate change — they're right
Climate alarmism doesn't work. It's also wrong.
Nov 19 • 
Alex Trembath
Mad Libs: Purser v. Wertheimer
No subtweeting allowed...
Nov 18 • 
Joel Wertheimer
, 
natpurser
, and 
Jerusalem Demsas
When grades stop meaning anything
The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning
Nov 18 • 
Kelsey Piper
Trump’s biggest tell is the policy he doesn’t talk about
Globalism’s strongest soldier
Nov 17 • 
Derek Thompson
Let's automate immigration policy
Legal immigration could work so much better. One pie-in-the-sky idea for how.
Nov 14 • 
Kelsey Piper
Karine Jean-Pierre is not a #GirlBoss
A qualified defense of feminism's oft-maligned strivers
Nov 13 • 
Jerusalem Demsas
We checked The NYT’s data. Moderates still win.
Democrats win more often when they run candidates who match their districts, not their Bluesky feeds.
Nov 12 • 
Lakshya Jain
When environmentalists choose panic over progress
How a faction of green activists turned against the very technologies that could have saved millions of lives and slowed climate change.
Nov 11 • 
Zion Lights
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