'Hamas is getting not only what it wants, but is counting on'
Hussein Ibish in The New Republic
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'Home schooling is taking off'
David Strom at Hot Air
Parents are "waking up to how badly public schools are failing," says David Strom at Hot Air. The number of kids being home-schooled jumped 51% in the last six years. Enrollment rose 7% at private schools and fell 4% at public schools. It's clear what's driving the trend. "Public schools are an ideological and academic disaster in most places." Private schools are "veering far Left at a disturbing pace." Home-schooling puts parents in control.
'What's really going on here besides ego and political theater?'
LZ Granderson in the Los Angeles Times
At this point, Colin Kaepernick's exile from the NFL "is beyond stupid," says LZ Granderson in the Los Angeles Times. Kaepernick, a gifted quarterback, was forced off the field for kneeling during the national anthem in a "protest against police brutality." But shunning Kaepernick was never about standing up for law and order. Conservatives' willingness to ignore Donald Trump's legal troubles proves it was all just "weaponized" patriotism. It's time to "let Kaepernick compete."
'Wellness influencers pushing "natural" birth control are all over the place'
Jessica Grose in The New York Times
Some people are suddenly ditching highly effective hormonal birth control, says Jessica Grose in The New York Times. One reason: conservative social media influencers are "weaponizing" rare problems to help them push alternatives from "the rhythm method, also known as fertility awareness," to poultices. These ideas have gained traction partly because some medical professionals "downplay the side effects of hormonal birth control methods that many women experience." Avoiding open discussion opens the door to misinformation.
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The military: When is an order illegal?Feature Trump is making the military’s ‘most senior leaders complicit in his unlawful acts’
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Coffee jittersFeature The price of America’s favorite stimulant is soaring—and not just because of tariffs
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Ukraine and Rubio rewrite Russia’s peace planFeature The only explanation for this confusing series of events is that ‘rival factions’ within the White House fought over the peace plan ‘and made a mess of it’
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The military: When is an order illegal?
Feature Trump is making the military’s ‘most senior leaders complicit in his unlawful acts’
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Ukraine and Rubio rewrite Russia’s peace plan
Feature The only explanation for this confusing series of events is that ‘rival factions’ within the White House fought over the peace plan ‘and made a mess of it’
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The powerful names in the Epstein emailsIn Depth People from a former Harvard president to a noted linguist were mentioned
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‘The choice isn’t between domestic and foreign talent; the nation was built on both’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Honduras votes amid Trump push, pardon vowspeed read President Trump said he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving 45 years for drug trafficking
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Congress seeks answers in ‘kill everybody’ strike reportSpeed Read Lawmakers suggest the Trump administration’s follow-up boat strike may be a war crime
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Andriy Yermak: how weak is Zelenskyy without his right-hand man?Today's Big Question Resignation of Ukrainian president’s closest ally marks his ‘most politically perilous moment yet’
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The US-Saudi relationship: too big to fail?Talking Point With the Saudis investing $1 trillion into the US, and Trump granting them ‘major non-Nato ally’ status, for now the two countries need each other
