Todd Blanche’s Hobson’s Choice
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Spring 2026 Print Edition
In this issue
How Amazon’s AI Algorithms Raise the Prices You Pay
Crabs, A Helicopter, and One Town’s Fight Against ICE
Gavin Newsom’s Tragic Mistake on Homelessness
Education
How AI Broke the Entry-Level Job
The data say white-collar jobs are booming. The Class of 2026 says the opposite. Both are right.
Politics
Antisemitism—Left, Right, and Growing
Criticism of Israel and its conduct is fair game. Conspiratorial delusions about Zionism are not.
Podcast
How to Save Capitalism
Nick Hanauer and Eric Beinhocker have a plan for fixing capitalism: “market humanism.”
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Law and Justice
James Comey Is Insufferable. The Trump Charges Against Him Are Absurd
The former FBI director has been indicted for a threat spelled with seashells. Why this lawfare will falter.
The Monopolized Economy
The Workers Who Defy Gravity
AI companies want to monetize what makes us human. Who will stop them?
Health Care
Profiting From Inflated Hospital Prices
This week’s CPI report shows hospital prices continue to race ahead of price increases in other health care sectors. In the past year, so have hospital profits.
Russia’s War on Ukraine
Ukraine: Requiem for a Citizen Soldier
My friend, an entrepreneur turned exemplary officer, was killed in action in eastern Ukraine this year. Like his comrades, he knew what he was fighting for.
Books
The First American Nazi Infiltrators
Long before the Southern Poverty Law Center, non-government organizations ran undercover operations against American fascists.
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