Author Archives: Bill McCarthy

The Phone Book Changed. The Crime Report Did Too.

Germany still looks German on a tourist map. The census does not. Official figures for [...]

They Can’t Say “Woman.” That’s the Whole Problem.

Some Democrats have finally noticed they sound like they swallowed a graduate seminar. “Unhoused.” “Birthing [...]

She Paid the Dues. Now the Platform Owns Her.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent recent weeks sounding like someone who had discovered swing voters. Then she [...]

The Richest Hall Monitor in America Wants a Time-Out

Bill Gates spent six thousand words this week telling the country to slow down artificial [...]

Iran Just Lost Its Favorite Back Door

The United Arab Emirates has halted all trade, commercial exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran [...]

They Came as Tourists. Now 200,000 of Them Are Getting the Boot

The administration is moving to revoke as many as 200,000 business and tourist visas. These [...]

They Keep Changing the Subject Because the Scoreboard Is Ugly for Them

Republicans who let the other side pick the topic of the week are doing the [...]

Twenty-Five Years Later, the Mastermind Still Hasn’t Faced a Jury

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been in American custody since March 2003. He has had lawyers [...]

Day One Won’t Be About Your Grocery Bill

Hakeem Jeffries has been touring the country talking like a man who expects the gavel. [...]

He Went on Prime Time to Look Normal. Then He Asked About Circumcision.

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, sat down Monday night for a [...]