Opinion | Where Red and Blue Make Green
“We call it legalized corruption,” said Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight. “And it permeates every aspect of federal government.” King & Spalding is hardly unique.…
What Will Happen to a Scofflaw, His Composting Toilet and Two Acres of Land?
David Lee Hoffman knows the way he has chosen to live for nearly 50 years is unconventional, maybe even a little bit crazy and likely against the law. In 1973,…
Talk of ‘Civil War,’ Ignited by Mar-a-Lago Search, Is Flaring Online
A spokesman for Mr. Trump did not respond to requests for comment. Mr. Trump used the term “civil war” in 2019, when he declared in a tweet that “it will…
Prosecutions for Fire Safety Violations Dropped by 98% in New York City
New York City has drastically reduced the number of criminal cases it pursues over serious fire safety violations, a review of court data shows, prompting worries about the rigor of…
Opinion | What Do the Physical Costs of Pregnancy Mean for the Abortion Debate?
Lately these kind of questions have surfaced in a new way in the controversies over transgenderism, and especially over the practice of medically suspending a different biological transformation — not…
Adding Context, Rather Than Asterisks, to the Record Books
When Roger Maris Jr. declared that Aaron Judge should be the single-season home run king with his 62nd blast and that “baseball should do something” to make it so, it…
‘Defund the S.E.C.’ Becomes a Rallying Cry on Trump’s Social Media Site
The Securities and Exchange Commission is corrupt. The S.E.C. is politically motivated. Defund the S.E.C. Some shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp. have had it with the commission, the nation’s…
Opinion | The Spirits Bolsonaro Unleashed Are Here to Stay
After a flurry of publicity and an internal investigation in which Mr. Bolsonaro appeared to threaten the journalist for testifying against him, the incident was largely forgotten. But the macho…
Opinion | Loretta Lynn Could Convince Me of Anything
“Work” is maybe putting too neat of a bow onto what I actually mean, when considering the vast body of Loretta Lynn’s work. I mean that a life is something…
Opinion | Nuclear Annihilation Is a Threat Again
Two nuclear-armed states on a collision course with no obvious exit ramp. An erratic Russian leader using apocalyptic language — “if you want us to all meet in hell, it’s…