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Fuehrer Cult: America bends to strongman worship

The German term "Fuehrerkult" means what it sounds like: the cult of the leader. It refers more precisely to the cult created by, for and about one German leader in particular, and you can probably guess who. The cult of Adolf Hitler that dominated and devoured the Third Reich until the ...

Americans are right: Inflation is not just the Fed’s problem

Inflation hasn't gone away -- it's going up. With the midterm elections seven weeks off, that's a problem for the president and Congress. Voters hate inflation. They don't much like the cure either, and the cure has two parts. The Federal Reserve raising interest rates, like it just did, is ...

Hurts answers critics again with game-winning drive

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts showed the Tennessee Titans — and anyone else watching — just how well he can play quarterback. With no timeouts, 1:56 remaining and the Eagles trailing by three points on Sunday, Hurts led a nine-play, 65-yard drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown pass to ...

Steelers at early season crossroads

PITTSBURGH — Aaron Rodgers hasn't lasted 22 years in the NFL out of pure luck. The most sacked quarterback in history knows how to take a hit. So moments after getting drilled by all 231 pounds of New England linebacker Christian Elliss running at full speed in the second quarter of what ...

Five tests of American restraint

Five seemingly unrelated developments -- the Supreme Court's intervention in mail-in ballot rules, a federal judge's decision affecting foreign students and journalists, the blockade threatening Saudi Arabia, an unusual alliance in Michigan politics, and the accelerating power of artificial intelligence -- are testing whether American institutions can exercise authority without abandoning restraint. Let's begin with the Supreme Court's decision concerning mail-in ballots. The Trump administration asked the justices to permit new Postal Service requirements before the midterm ...