1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (329+ words) Welcome to this week’s historic edition of the Surge, here in our brand-new home. Do you like the imported marble floors and silk window treatments? We’ll tell ya, it was a real hassle getting those through the Strait of Hormuz....

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (251+ words) The first Republican midterm convention had all the simulacra of a real political convention. There were seats assigned by state and indicated by tall signs on poles, there was a host of precisely timed and deeply forgettable speeches by elected…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1014+ words) Slate By now, lots of people know that private equity is changing everything about the world of youth sports, an arena where it’s currently making a killing. But when I read Caitlin Moscatello’s recent piece in New York magazine, yet…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (265+ words) This is the second in a series of articles, “Try, Try Again?,” drawn from my new book—Great and Dangerous Offences: The Case For (and Against) Impeaching Trump a Third Time—due out in early 2027. To understand how Trump has…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (409+ words) Before my marriage, we got a prenup since my husband owned his own business, and I owned a townhouse in what has turned into a very hot market. I never had kids and he has three all in their late…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (743+ words) Republicans Just Handed Democrats a Surprisingly Potent Win Slate Once again, government officials are trying to restrict marijuana products around the United States. And once again, Americans of all political stripes are pissed off—plausibly enough to shake up this…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (448+ words) We’ve had multiple arguments about this in the last couple of years. She says that it impacts our family time too much and that she’s doing a lot of solo parenting. I’ve encouraged her to think of some of her…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (749+ words) slate.com When Elon Musk was getting ready to take SpaceX public in June, the company advertised, in its government paperwork, the largest “total addressable market” in human history: $28.5 trillion per year, with $26.5 trillion (lol) attributed to artificial intelligence. A…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (267+ words) The Trump administration won a victory at the Supreme Court last Monday in its campaign to overhaul mail voting before the midterms. By Thursday, though, much of the plan was blocked again. The speed of that reversal makes it tempting…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (732+ words) Slate Magazine This week, the Supreme Court inserted itself into yet another election case, putting on hold a lower court injunction that halted part of the Trump administration’s March effort to meddle with mail-in ballots by presidential fiat. Because the…...