Opinion

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Divine Liturgy for Christmas in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow on Jan. 6, 2022.

What it means for Russia’s fight in Ukraine to be a ‘holy war’

Emily Hester, Ivana Stradner · August 10, 2026 10:37 am

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by CIA Director John Ratcliffe (C-L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (2nd-R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R), speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the successful military mission to rescue a weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s frustration and Iran’s delaying tactics

Lead singer and guitarist Billy Corgan of American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins performs at the 26th edition of the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan just offered a great lesson in economics

Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, California.

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

Netflix and HBO (Getty Images) streaming wars

Streaming and social costs: Our souls are at stake in the Warner Bros. Discovery-Netflix deal

Peter Tonguette January 2, 2026 3:30 am

Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair, Finn Wolfhard as Mike Wheeler, Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, Noah Schnapp as Will Byers and Maya Hawke as Robin Buckley in Season 5 of Stranger Things. (Courtesy of Netflix)

Stranger Things is the Happy Days of the COVID-19 era

Jack Baruth January 2, 2026 3:25 am

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An essayist who remembers

Hugo Gurdon January 2, 2026 3:20 am

Members of the Mexican armed forces, dressed in revolutionary-era attire, participate in the Civic-Military Parade commemorating the 115th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution in the Zocalo of Mexico City, Mexico, on Nov. 20. (Jose Luis Torales/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A sprawling history of Mexico

Kyle Sammin January 2, 2026 3:15 am

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Know (how to BS) thyself

Rob Long January 2, 2026 3:10 am

Team Indonesia in Netflix’s Physical: Asia. (Courtesy of Netflix)

Is a Korean reality show the last honest sport?

Oliver Bateman January 2, 2026 3:05 am

Chewie and Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford) in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. (Allstar/Disney/Lucasfilm)

The Force adrift

Varad Mehta January 1, 2026 11:15 pm

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Violence and ‘violence’: What we should make of new campus data on speech

Graham Hillard January 1, 2026 11:10 pm

Designer Ralph Lauren and models walk on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan in 1977. (Lynn Karlin/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Ralph Lauren’s all-American cultural appropriation

Will Collins January 1, 2026 11:05 pm

A man holding a smartphone with toxic online messages representing cyberbullying, digital harassment, and social media abuse in modern internet culture.

Time must have a slop

Dominic Green January 1, 2026 11:00 pm

Commuters in Westminster with the Elizabeth Tower, also known as Big Ben, and Houses of Parliament in the background in London, UK, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. The UK's Labour government passed a workers' rights package that expands protections for employees and achieves a key policy goal of the party's left. Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Britain has become a warning to Americans

Dan Hannan January 1, 2026 5:35 pm

Newly installed concertina wire blankets a portion of the US-Mexico border wall.

On immigration and citizenship, listen to George Washington

Michael Barone January 1, 2026 2:11 pm