Opinion

Nearly twenty years ago, the Bush administration felt compelled to at least make a coherent case to the public for war. In Iran, the Trump administration has decided that pitch no longer matters.

Marco Rubio’s speech in Munich praised Western Civilization. Unfortunately, he didn’t practice what he preached.

After two ICE killings in Minneapolis, it’s time to recognize the consequences for ignoring the rules.

In the face of executive orders and culture wars, art institutions must step back, assess their options and find a creative path forward.

Let’s not sugarcoat it — Keir Starmer is courting the moderate conservatives. So, if the left is now the center, who represents left-wing policies? 

Most parents worry about their child’s well-being or complain about their reckless spending habits. My parents told me to pack a whistle in my backpack, always carry my passport card and not to leave the UChicago campus.

While it might put a sour taste in the left’s mouth, they must learn from Trump’s tactics of populism and refusing the status quo.

The progressive platforming Graham Platner underscores the absence of morality across political lines.

The University of Chicago’s long-standing commitment to open inquiry and free expression is precisely what makes its silence in the wake of unprecedented government overreach disappointing.

There are two quotes I often use when describing the end of a good thing. One is T.S. Eliot’s closing

If Zohran Mamdani teaches Democrats anything, it should be the immense power that lies in being likeable.

Before reading Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book Original Sin, detailing Former President Biden’s decline and the subsequent actions taken by his inner circle to shield it from the American people, I was a skeptic. In fact, I still am.

In the last few months, Bill Maher’s segment on his meeting with the President and his response to Larry David’s Op-Ed in the New York Times have soured me.

We must  reclaim liberalism as the shared philosophical foundation of our civic life, before ideological absolutism renders free expression and ultimately coexistence impossible.