It would take about 30 minutes for a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to travel from Russia to the United States. If launched from a submarine, it could arrive even faster than that. Once the launch is detected and confirmed as an attack, the president is briefed. At that point, the commander-in-chief might have about […]

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Another week, another sports betting scandal. It’s never been this easy for a player to fix the outcome of a bet. The onset of proposition or “prop” bets, in which gamblers can place wagers on specific outcomes in a game, has opened a Pandora’s box for athletic integrity. This month, the NCAA announced that a […]

Jerusalem Demsas, editor-in-chief of The Argument, has a hot take when it comes to our housing woes: “Homeownership is overrated.”  That’s a particularly bold perspective when you take into account that 70 percent of Americans think owning a home is a key part of achieving the American dream. Demsas argues that our homeownership society is […]

There’s an open question hanging over both parties when it comes to Latino voters right now: How should they talk about the second Trump administration’s ongoing campaign of mass deportations? Setting aside the moral and humanitarian issues, this is an important, and curious, political debate. On the Democratic side, that’s over how to frame Trump’s […]