Aron Solomon

4 weeks ago | lithub.com | Aron Solomon

No matter your pew, prayer mat, meditation cushion, or lack thereof, something quietly seismic just happened on Thursday in Rome. A new Pope has emerged onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, blinking into the sun like the start of a new chapter we didn’t know we needed. And while it’s tempting to dismiss papal elections as merely rituals for the devout, we’d be missing something essential—something almost electric—if we fail to notice what this moment actually offers the world at large.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Aron Solomon

There’s an old adage that says you can tell a lot about a country by how it governs in a crisis. But lately, it’s hard to shake the feeling that America isn’t being governed at all. Whereas the media often frames the administration’s problems as incompetence or deliberate chaos, I think the truth might be more alarming: What if it’s not that the car is being driven poorly, but that no one is even in the driver’s seat? Take, for instance, the hollowing out of federal agencies.

1 month ago | lithub.com | Aron Solomon

On Friday, US District Judge Beryl Howell permanently blocked President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14230. Article continues after advertisementIn a 102-page opinion, Howell lays out this takedown in painstaking, unequivocal detail many of us already knew instinctively: that using the power of the presidency to punish lawyers for representing political opponents is not only unethical—it’s flagrantly unconstitutional. But let’s talk about what’s really at stake here.

1 month ago | news.crunchbase.com | Aron Solomon

It’s been two weeks since the Secretary of Education stood in front of the country and enthusiastically called AI “A1.” Two saucy weeks since what should’ve been a serious conversation about the future of American education turned into a viral punchline.

1 month ago | counterpunch.org | Aron Solomon

As President Donald Trump’s second term is about to hit the wall of 100 days, one critique has grown louder: his inconsistency. Critics point to his sudden reversals, contradictory pronouncements, and policies that shift as quickly as his moods. In an age of social media and 24-hour news cycles, these whiplash decisions are magnified—and often amplified. The result is a presidency that feels deeply unmoored, erratic, and impulsive.