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HARROP: Closed primaries are driving America crazy

How could Donald Trump with bottom-scraping approval ratings decide who would represent the Republican Party in the upcoming Texas senatorial race? The primary system offers an explanation. A simple open primary system would have let the broader public choose -- and, ironically, save ...

Guest opinion: Middle-aged marriage vows

My favorite YouTube couple, Penn and Kim Holderness made a cute little video about what their middle age marriage vows might look like. It made me think of what our own vows would look like after 37 years of marriage. I’m biased of course, but I think this is what true love looks like. Dave: ...

ERICKSON: A familiar number, a far more dangerous moment

The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond has climbed back to where it stood in 2007, north of 5%, and it pushed a little higher again this week after the Federal Reserve left its own rates alone. On its face, that sounds almost reassuring, a return to some pre-crisis normal. It is nothing of the ...

Kalshi is subject to Utah’s anti-gambling law, judge rules

Utah may enforce its anti-gambling laws, even if they include bans of proposition betting, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in response to a lawsuit from Kalshi challenging a new state law. The prediction market platform had described the law, which classified proposition bets within the ...