Five (short) thoughts on the politics of an airplane crash

What the D.C. midair collision shows us about the challenges of Trump II

Three Scenarios—and a Scary Truth—About Kash Patel’s FBI

Envisioning what Patel could do to the Hoover Building—or vice versa

The FBI background check on Pete Hegseth is a whitewash—and that's on purpose!

The incoming Trump administration is trying to cover-up the FBI's investigation even before it takes office

California's Fires Show How Climate Will Destabilize Our Politics and Daily Life

Climate has long been a tech and economic problem—it's about to be a political one

The Holiday Terror Plot No One Is Talking About

The 48 hours around New Year's saw three terror incidents—the media and government is misleading you about two of them.

Best Books of 2023 and a short victory lap

GMGReads: My Best of 2024

A 1950 thriller, a 1,200-page classic, and the most profound of questions

Chris Wray sends DC a message: Cave to Trump or just get out of the way

His resignation does little to prevent Kash Patel taking over the FBI—and instead, most likely, merely accelerates it.

Five Reasons America Should Fear Kash Patel atop Trump's FBI

Patel is Trump's most concretely dangerous pick yet

History Will Not Be Kind to Joe Biden

If, that is, it remembers him at all.

The narrowest of margins

How to think about Donald Trump's narrow, narrow victory

Velociraptor Trump tests the fences

How to think about Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard