Free things are now being colonized across social spaces and public squares. Since 2020, for example, togetherness at work retreated to the private virtual sphere. There's no better time to beware the social price we pay for privatizing time, water, air, news, and human attention and ...

For the past four years, inflation has rattled local small businesses across the country. The inflation rate peaked in 2022, but of course the cost of goods never went back down. In fact, the prices just kept rising, just not at the same clip they had been rising at the peak. In short, gas ...

2024 began as a referendum between two deeply disliked men, one of whom is an incumbent with a bad economy, and his predecessor who had a great economy until a global pandemic undid it. 2024 is ending with everyone remembering they hate Donald Trump and not knowing who Kamala Harris is. Trump ...

I've lost a little bit of weight lately, and when people ask how, I tell them it's easy. You just cut out dairy, gluten and processed sugar, and severely limit caffeine and alcohol. Just like magic, you'll almost instantly lose all pleasure in eating — life, even! — and each meal becomes a ...

Monday night, Vice President Kamala Harris boosters launched a "White Dudes for Harris" Zoom rally and fundraiser, rushing to plug a glaring hole in the candidate's support: men. Former President Donald Trump leads Harris 47 to 39 among male voters nationwide, in the latest Economist/You Gov ...

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance has been in the news for an old clip of him talking about how the tax code should punish adults without kids. While Vance's proposal probably aims to address demographic concerns, it represents a misguided approach that contradicts fundamental ...