Latest from Charles Lane
- Opinion
China made it easier for the Fed to fight inflation, but those days are gone
A new book explains why the era of stable prices may be coming to an end.
- Feb 23, 2021
- Opinion
If the West boycotts China’s Olympics, the Games could end forever. Fingers crossed.
When it comes to human rights, the U.S. and other democracies must stop playing games.
- Feb 16, 2021
- Opinion
With states doing better than expected, time to rethink Biden’s $350 billion rescue
Biden’s $350 billion in covid relief for states is too high.
- Feb 9, 2021
- Opinion
Confederate names are coming down, but San Francisco is now taking on … Abe Lincoln?
There’s no moral equivalence between the Confederacy and those who crushed it.
- Feb 1, 2021
- Opinion
The rich got richer during the pandemic. We need to claw back their gains.
Targeting checks to those who need them is progressive and fiscally responsible.
- Jan 25, 2021
- 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