US President Donald Trump, Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the Supreme Court’s conservative majority have advanced long-standing Republican efforts to weaken the federal role in public education ...

Rock music was designed to disrupt, offend and confront society, from Elvis’s racial subversion to Dylan’s protest lyrics, Motown’s coded defiance, and hip-hop’s open confrontation. Recent ...

The recent 12-day Iran-Israel conflict has impacted Balochistan, Pakistan, disrupting trade, fueling shortages and increasing sectarian tensions. Pakistan's National Security Committee is evaluating ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate different AI chatbots to better understand how they “reason.” Of course, we can easily recognize that AI reasons on its own only in the sense that it emulates the ...

The Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021 after the collapse of the elected government and the withdrawal of foreign troops. They have dismantled democratic institutions and reimposed ...

Early in the 20th century, The New York Times earned the sobriquet “The Gray Lady.” Though the style of the paper has evolved, the image encourages readers to trust its editors’ and reporters’ ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. With ...

Israel has carried out a relentless and zealous military onslaught in Gaza that shows orchestrated mass inhumanity on a gargantuan scale. This campaign has killed tens of thousands of civilians, razed ...

A few months ago, many of India’s opposition parties joined together to form the INDIA alliance to compete against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

This discussion covers the collapse of Iran’s Axis of Resistance, a network of militant proxies and allied states central to Tehran’s security doctrine.

Western culture is confused about transgenderism and children’s place in it. A censorious left-wing ideology stifles discourse and misinforms the public, while ruining dissenters. Youths’ wellbeing ...

On July 4, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which extends the 2017 tax cuts and overhauls Opportunity Zones.