Jim Geraghty

I have very little to say about Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's decision to freeze her eggs, other than to say parenthood is one of the great joys and experiences in life, and I hope she gets to enjoy that someday.

Buying ‘Support our troops’ T-shirts is swell, but our soldiers and sailors need real relief.

On the menu today: A sign that Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed can't or won't moderate his stances or tone or embrace of extremism

On the menu today: Yesterday, the Editors put the White House's sudden shift in policy toward South Korea in stark terms, writing, “ Trump Is Choosing

A point about President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un that didn't fit in today's Morning Jolt On Wednesday, Trump said

From the declining birth rate to AI’s effect on the job market, the challenges facing the United States aren’t going to resolve themselves.

From the U.S. National Park Service's court filing before the Supreme Court in defense of the continuing construction of the White House ballroom:

The president keeps coming up with new ways to make goods more expensive

On the menu today: As mentioned yesterday, my list of what U.S. government leaders ought to prioritize couldn't be laid out in one day without the newsletter growing to an epic length.

You deserve a more optimistic look at those aspects of American life that have improved considerably in the past decade or two.