When thinking about the American people, columnist David Brooks is a glass-half-full kind of guy, but I, on the contrary, see the glass overflowing with goodness. In his farewell column to The New York Times readers, Brooks wrote, “The most ... .
Commentary. When young people disengage or absorb the cynicism that has come to define our national politics, it threatens the health of democracy for decades ... .
When Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City's mayor on Jan. 1 at age 34, it became impossible to ignore that a new generation is no longer waiting its turn. That new generation is now governing. America is ....