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The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.
The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable
What an American pope means for the Catholic Church and the world
The Bliss of a Quieter Ego
We live in a world of noisy narcissism, but you can escape the cacophony—and be happier.
The Disturbing Rise of MAGA Maoism
Trump seems to be ceding the future to China while emulating its past.
The Real Motive Behind the Real ID–Deadline Charade
The Trump administration turned a legitimate national-security priority into an empty threat against immigrants.
A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs
The unfolding conflict between Pakistan and India needs to be handled with the utmost care and competence.
How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail
Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.
This Conclave Will Be Different
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
Endowments Are Next
Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point.
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m stocking up on ibuprofen.
The Destruction of the Department of Justice
When people at the department embrace Trump’s scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
Donald Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Innovations
Deporting illegal immigrants is lawful. Imprisoning them in El Salvador makes a mockery of the Eighth Amendment.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
Universities Deserve Special Standing
A good life and a good society require an ongoing search for understanding and knowledge.
A White House Briefing Straight From North Korea
How MAGA influencers have reshaped the press corps
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.