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• “Golden Age”? What “Golden Age”?
  The speech tried to energize Trump’s team and made exactly zero gestures at unity.
• In Which State Would You Find the International UFO Museum and Research Center?
  Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 26, 2026.
• Aileen Cannon’s Campaign for a Supreme Court Seat Just Reached a New Low
  This week’s Executive Dysfunction.
• How Hockey Got Drafted into the Culture Wars
  Why women’s hockey may end up the biggest winner after Milan and Heated Rivalry.
• Like Clockwork, the Front-Runner for the Democratic Nomination Just Dropped a Memoir. I Read It. We’re Doomed.
  If nothing else, the book is good for a game of politician-memoir bingo.
• Tucker Carlson’s Mike Huckabee Interview Is Brutal
  Mike Huckabee managed to set off alarm bells around the world when he said it “would be fine” if Israel annexed land from the “Euphrates to the Nile.”
• What Was the Nickname of the Party Led by Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 Presidential Election?
  Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 25, 2026.
• What the Death of Elusive Drug Kingpin El Mencho Means for Mexico
  El Mencho’s death is a start, but the country’s troubles run much deeper.
• Mexico’s Cartel War
  Presidents Sheinbaum and Trump are aligned to a perhaps surprising degree on this approach.
• Clarence Thomas Just Created a Dangerous New Threat to Mail Voting
  The Supreme Court handed down an alarming decision on Tuesday prohibiting Americans from suing the Postal Service for damages.
• Why This Iran Comment From Trump’s Top General Is a Big Deal
  Trump still has a moment to shift course.
• One State Makes Voters Decide One of the Most Horrific Aspects of Executions. It Should Stop.
  Arizona State Sen. Kevin Payne has a very bad idea.
• How the Supreme Court Enabled Trump’s Latest Free Press Assault
  Something profound is happening to the right to gather news.
• The Film Industry of Which Country Is Referred to as Lollywood?
  Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 24, 2026.
• The State of the Union Has a Massive Problem—and an Obvious Solution
  Don’t say the president’s big speech never matters. The most recent one caused a lot of harm.
• She’s Skipping the State of the Union
  The state of the SOTU? Not worth going to.
• A Person Guilty of Which Crime Is Called a Contemnor?
  Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Feb. 23, 2026.
• Does Legal Immigration Still Exist?
  Refugees and visa holders aren’t gang members or drug runners—but they are the easiest to locate and lock up.
• Trump Betrayed the MAHA Movement This Week. RFK Jr.’s Reaction Was Telling.
  The anti-chemical crusader celebrated as the president used his power to promote a chemical herbicide.
• Texas Is Prosecuting a Midwife for Abortion. Its Case Is Already Falling Apart.
  Even charges like the ones Rojas faces can be devastating, whether or not a jury ever convicts.
• A Priest’s Journey Through Work, Faith, and Controversy
  From learning humility as a busboy to facing hatred for his LGBTQ ministry, Father James Martin traces his spiritual evolution.
• The Supreme Court Just Basically Held Up a “No Kings” Sign
  One of Trump’s biggest power grabs just got gutted.
• SCOTUS Tells Trump His Illegal Tariffs Are Illegal. He Should Be Thanking the Justices.
  The high court finally says no to Trump, and the foundational constitutional right that SCOTUS has fallen out of love with.
• Trump Tried to Bully the Supreme Court on Tariffs. It Failed Spectacularly.
  He condemned justices as “fools and lapdogs for the RINOs and the radical left Democrats” who are “very unpatriotic and disloyal to our Constitution."
• John Roberts’ Rebuke of Trump’s Tariffs Is Withering, Confident, and Genuinely Encouraging
  In truth, Trump’s tariffs were always on shaky legal ground.