No serious economist predicted that the levies would ‘immediately crash the economy’ or ‘ignite runaway inflation.’ ...

In the 1980s, hardcore punk warned of existential threats clotting on the horizon, prescient like sci-fi, loud like an alarm. Nonstop war. Ecological peril. The unresolved legacy of colonialism. The ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. There are very few things in politics more attractive than a straw man. You can blame problems on them, cast them as ...

The conservative movement has a lot of beliefs that are at odds with consensus positions within economics, social sciences in general, and even the physical sciences. Those few conservatives who who ...

Following the unprecedented leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, supporters of abortion rights have adopted an unexpected argument. Some now argue ...

When students pass through Harvard Yard on their morning commutes this week, they’ll see a new visitor sitting next to the John Harvard statue: a man in a suit, his legs crossed and his body composed ...

Yes, it’s that time again. There’s a chill in the air and snow on the ground, and we’ll soon be swearing in a new president. Time to celebrate the holidays! Don’t become a cautionary tale. With all ...

When Seattle outlawed single-use plastic straws in September 2017, the decision drew snickers from spectators as the latest, silliest example of nanny state excess—and one that could happen only in ...

In my college days I was a Goldwater Republican. My roommate and I saw eye-to-eye. Today he is a conservative Republican, and I am a progressive Democrat. We remain close friends, but this divide ...

Are plastic straws an even greater menace to society than plastic guns? You might think so, given this summer's upsurge in anti-straw activism. The movement to ban single-use, plastic straws has ...