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500,000 dead, a number almost too large to grasp
A little less than a year ago, covid-19 had killed just a handful of people in the United States. Now, the pandemic’s official death toll equals the size of a major city, more than the population of Kansas City and nearly as many as Atlanta or Sacramento. It can be hard to grasp the enormity — half a million people, gone. What if we imagined them traveling as one group? Or killed in action? Or all buried together?
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Pundits are wrong. We don’t need a functional GOP.
A party based on bad ideas doesn't help democracy.
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Ted Cruz wants to be a populist. But he can’t get it right.
You can't fake populism. Especially if you are Ted Cruz.
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The Capitol rioters speak just like the Islamist terrorists I reported on
People who feel robbed of their pride and purpose can become dangerous.
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Three generations of Texans were trying to stay warm in the blackout. Then a deadly fire erupted.
Three children and their grandmother were killed, devastating a community struggling to pick up the pieces after a rare winter storm.