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How to Fail at Public Order
Burlington’s leaders have neglected the middle class, with predictable consequences.
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Republicans Can Win on Affordability
They should share and express the voters’ anger, and try to direct it toward constructive channels.
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A Country for Old Men
A nation that preserves the authority of those already established risks producing a generation that can’t practice stewardship for itself.
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The secret economics inside the new Planet Money board game
From Nobel Prize-winning research to the Laffer Curve, Scabby the Rat, Veblen’s peacock, and more — the economic ideas and inside jokes hiding throughout Planet Money’s new board game.
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Labour surges above Reform in polls once again as Nigel Farage’s woes continue
Labour has moved ahead of Reform UK in the latest YouGov poll, marking the fifth national survey the party has topped since Andy Burnham became prime minister and ending Reform’s year-long run at the top of the polls. The shift matters because it signals a significant recovery in Labour’s fortunes and comes at an awkward…
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Britain abandoned bid to recover lost £5.5bn treasure from a Royal Navy shipwreck near Gibraltar in case it upset Spain
Britain reportedly gave up an attempt to salvage roughly £5.5 billion in gold and silver from a sunken Royal Navy warship near Gibraltar, amid concerns that recovering the treasure could damage diplomatic relations with Spain. The wreck lies in a sensitive area close to the disputed British Overseas Territory, and officials were said to be…
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Burnham vows to resolve ‘long-running injustice’ of indefinite prison sentences in boost for thousands of inmates
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to resolve the “long-running injustice” of indefinite Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences as part of a wider plan to ease prison overcrowding while keeping the most serious offenders, such as those who killed PC Andrew Harper, behind bars. Options under consideration include releasing “lower risk” IPP prisoners, speeding…
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GOP senators rally behind 9/11 families in push to ban Mamdani from anniversary ceremony: ‘He’s a disgrace’
Republican senators have thrown their support behind a petition from families of 11 September victims that seeks to bar New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from attending the 25th anniversary remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero. The families argue Mamdani’s presence would be inappropriate, and GOP lawmakers have echoed that stance publicly, with at least one…
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California sued over policy that could free serial killers as Laci Peterson’s friend sounds alarm
A lawsuit has been filed against California’s parole board over new guidelines that critics warn could pave the way for serial killers and mass shooters serving life without parole to be released. The challenge is being led by former Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert, with the family and friends of murder victim Laci…
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The Medicare-for-all trade-offs socialists aren’t talking about, according to experts
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is among several socialist-aligned candidates centring their midterm campaigns on Medicare-for-all, a policy that promises universal healthcare but which experts say carries costs beyond the tax rises its advocates openly acknowledge. Fox News reports that even sympathetic proponents concede higher taxes would be needed to fund the scheme, while…