Until the very end I thought he was talking about Epstein & Co.

What does it mean to be a loyal American in Trump’s America? Am I American enough? Check out my new Substack 👉🏼eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/am-i-america…

Glad to see my old The New York Times compadre Eduardo Porter settling in on Substack after quitting Bezos's tainted The Washington Post opinion section. My pitch to subscribe is here. revkin.substack.com/p/subscription…

Sorry, I'm not on Truth Social. But who does Trump want dead?

We should worry that the Silicon Valley technorati driving the Artificial Intelligence revolution are morally guided by some flavor of sci-fi. My new column on Substack. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/the-guys-bui…

People, this is serious. Beware of the guys building the AI future. Their goals are dangerous! eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/the-guys-bui…

If democracy is supposed to encourage economic growth, what happened in Latin America?open.substack.com/pub/eduardoelr…

There are holes in the argument that democracy delivers superior econ growth. One is China's stellar track record over the last few decades. The other is Latin America, which just doesn't grow. My Substack 👇 (apologies for typo 😬. Dunno how to fix it) eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/does-democra…

The U.S. is the world's most dynamic economy, right? Innovative and productive, it defines the technological frontier. So how come it has so many poor people? theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n…

Eduardo Porter "Specifically, we do not include non-monetary transfers in the areas of housing, care (including child care), education, or health." So not Section 8 nor Medicaid. And Medicaid alone is 3% of GDP. Whether they're including all of SNAP and EITC is more arguable.

What environmental activists fail to understand is that cataclysmic though the prospect of climate change may be, most of the world’s people live in countries where the most critical priority is not reducing carbon emissions but accessing cheap energy. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/why-climate-…

From Prohibition through the War on Drugs, governments have tried time and again to stop the consumption of undesirable commodities by forbidding their supply. They have failed. Somebody should tell the folks in the environmental movement. open.substack.com/pub/eduardoelr…

President Trump can learn from Argentina about fudging economic data. It doesn't end well: eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/lying-about-…

The US may be rich But it does a dismal job at distributing its riches. Check out my pre-Thanksgiving piece for “Being There.” eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/how-poorly-d…

Why are all these young American men taking up Christianity? eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/whats-the-po…

Absolutely true. It is fact was never acknowledged by the dominant Western narrative. At the same time, in the 1990s, they waxed lyrical about multicultural liberal democracy and supported nationalist-driven break-up of multi-ethnic federations. "Yugoslavia’s dissolution not

Trump's xenophobia is not a psychological quirk. His racist rhetoric meshes well with the American creed. Not the one etched at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The real one. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/why-does-ame…

The most important question about the A.I. bubble, as of every other bubble we've experienced, is what will it leave in its wake? My column in today's Guardian theguardian.com/technology/202…

Trump's war against immigration will reduce the nation's population and sap the nation's power. eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/how-trump-pl…

From the NYT: "(Trump) went on to say his administration would “start doing strikes on land, too.” He said the strikes may not be limited to Venezuela. Anyone manufacturing drugs or “selling it into our country” is subject to attack, Mr. Trump said." Mexico and Colombia beware