POLITICS
US: Democrats clear the runway for Kamala Harris
With Joe Biden’s endorsement, the vice president is in a dominant position. Plus, her obvious challengers are mostly young and can afford to wait for another chance
BUSINESS
Biden is closing a sacred portal into American gun culture
The need to close the “gun show loophole” has long been obvious
WORLD
Trump’s brand of Christian conservatism is driving people away from church
The former president’s embrace of White Christian militantism coincides with a precipitous decline in religious affiliation in the US
BUSINESS
Arizona Republicans want to give citizens licence to shoot migrants
Arizona Republicans produced legislation last week that would legalise shooting and killing trespassers on private land. Essentially, they took an existing law that allows someone to shoot a home invader and extended it outside to the property line — even if the property extends for hundreds of acres
BUSINESS
New Hampshire's changing demographics could help Nikki Haley
After a dismal loss to Donald Trump in Iowa, Nikki Haley is hoping to benefit from a more moderate electorate and the prospect of independent voters participating in the GOP primary. New Hampshire is her last chance to slow the MAGA train before it heads south to Fortress Dixie
BUSINESS
Democrats are sticking with Biden because democracy depends on it
There is no guarantee that another Democrat would ultimately fare better than Biden. He has been a successful president. He ran a successful campaign three years ago. But many are uncomfortable that Biden isn't walking away but the same Democrats are uneasy about a new, untested, candidate suddenly shouldering the cause
BUSINESS
Hamas' terror also holds a warning for the US
The Hamas terrorists who murdered babies weren’t stamped with pathological hatred at birth. It was an acquired habit, the result of a process of moral dulling and rage sharpening. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is a national leader in implementing sadistic policies to inflict harm on targeted populations. Depravity has an increasingly solid foothold in the US. It is hard to pretend not knowing where it leads
BUSINESS
Donald Trump has officially broken the Republican Party
Pro-democracy conservative elites have failed to organise to defend democracy and advance their interests. The third-tier candidates opposing Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for the GOP presidential nomination can’t even settle on a narrative for why such brazenly anti-democratic politicians pose a danger
BUSINESS
The US Republican Party isn't letting go of its politics of racial resentment
Republicans have reached the point where, if they want to succeed in a multiracial, democratic 21st century, they will have to take a leap, just as Democrats did in the 1950s and 1960s. Instead, they have opted to undermine democracy rather than change to meet its demands.
BUSINESS
Fox News is trapped by its own zealotry
The fear of losing viewers to more fervent purveyors of the Trump gospel ultimately ensnared it in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit
