After all that was made about the rise of Marine Le Pen and her far-right National Front, and after an eleventh-hour campaign hacking that bears…
NEWS FLASH
The business case for Fox News dropping Bill O’Reilly wasn’t his actions, it was his age
For all of Bill O’Reilly’s problems at Fox News, the one that has garnered the least attention is probably the one most responsible for his…
WATCH THIS
We live in a hold-my-beer world now, and that’s a scary thought
Hold my beer. It’s a phrase one backyard-barbecue goer says to another, encapsulating a moment of supreme clarity of vision and outcome—just before his physical…
BEST OF THE BEST
Quartz’s most Ideas-y Ideas articles of 2016
The Ideas section of Quartz has as broad an ambit as Quartz as a whole. Ideas articles are usually (but not always) written by outside…
HIM OR US
Trump will start his term with the lesson that voters reward obstructionism
The night before the US presidential election, Barack Obama said in a video address that “no matter what happens, the sun will rise in the…
LEARNING ON THE JOB
Look on the bright side, it only took Donald Trump 9 hours to understand the first amendment
Thursday, Barack Obama put aside his profound differences with Donald Trump to offer him a graceful welcome to the White House and to pledge his…
17.5 TWEETS
A conservative tweetstorms why she’s done with GOP leaders who refuse to unendorse Trump
All it took was 17 and a half tweets. Conservative blogger Marybeth Glenn is fed up with the state of Republican leadership. She took to…
OFFENSIVE OFFENSES
What Donald Trump promised to do as president are impeachable offenses
The Republican establishment is fleeing Donald Trump’s bid to be president. Although many GOP elected officials signed on to support Trump’s candidacy as a matter…
HISTORY REPEATED
Voting for a third party candidate in this election is the worst thing you can do for American democracy
Dear Millennials and other well-intentioned citizens: Let’s leave aside the fact that Gary Johnson couldn’t name a single foreign leader on TV yesterday. And let’s…
SANE AND COMPETENT
Michael Bloomberg just gave Hillary Clinton her new campaign slogan
At the Democratic Convention tonight, Michael Bloomberg gave a resounding endorsement of Hillary Clinton, but also a public thumping of fellow billionaire Donald Trump. He…
THE NOMINEE
Hillary Clinton is finally, officially, the Democratic nominee for US president
Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for president, but she has a good chance of becoming the first female president of the…
MAYOR MIKE FOR HILLARY
Michael Bloomberg follows his non-candidacy to a logical end by endorsing Hillary Clinton
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg will speak at the Democratic National Convention this week to give his endorsement to presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.…
