Latest from Charles Lane
- Opinion
America is not exceptional after all
Why Biden is right to seek national unity — in spite of everything.
- Jan 18, 2021
- Opinion
Why Big Tech’s attempt to stifle free speech could be futile — or worse
It’s understandable, inevitable, even healthy in a way — but counterproductive.
- Jan 11, 2021
- Opinion
Trump is playing an Orwellian numbers game
The president makes a mathematical impossibility the test of party loyalty.
- Jan 4, 2021
- Opinion
The Supreme Court considers when the U.S. can judge other nations’ human rights violations
The court ponders retrospective justice for Germany, Hungary — and the U.S.
- Dec 28, 2020
- Opinion
Those who lied about opioids face few serious consequences. No wonder people are angry.
Can half a million people suffer avoidable death but no one in particular is to blame?
- Dec 21, 2020
- Opinion
Bob Dylan’s genius was rewarded by the system — and the tax code
How a windfall for singer-songwriters shows the irrationality of our tax system.
- Dec 14, 2020
- Opinion
Economics is going through an intellectual revolution on public debt
The borrow-and-spend revolution is at hand.
- Dec 7, 2020
- Opinion
Presidents should use the pardon power more — just not like Trump
Trump’s abuses should not discredit a magnificent power of the presidency.
- Nov 30, 2020
- Opinion
Money didn’t buy love in the 2020 election
Republicans and Democrats are expected to have spent $14 billion by the time this “cycle” finishes.
- Nov 23, 2020
- Opinion
The quality of polling is a symptom of a democracy’s health
There’s no obvious quick fix to restoring the political discourse.
- Nov 16, 2020