Don’t Fall for These Lab-Leak Traps
Recent coverage of the pandemic’s origins has ensnared readers in semantic quibbles, side points, and distractions.
Joe Manchin Can’t Have It Both Ways
If the right to vote is fundamental, then it cannot be subject to veto by partisans who benefit from disenfranchisement.
This Pandemic Isn’t Over
The smallpox epidemic of the 1860s offers us a valuable, if disconcerting, clue about how epidemics actually end.
Princeton Dumbs Down Classics
And that might be the right way to save classics from oblivion.
Not That Innocent
Most people on death row are guilty. That doesn’t mean they deserve their fate.
The Disturbing New Hybrid of Democracy and Autocracy
In Poland and elsewhere, rulers—and the oligarchs who help them—have figured out how to create a one-party state without the hassle of staging a coup.
The Psychological Benefits of Commuting to Work
Many people who have been working from home are experiencing a void they can’t quite name.
Everything Is Overcomplicated
An internet outage exposes the gap between how we think technology might work and how it actually does.
What Mia Farrow Knew
Farrow says she witnessed disturbing and occasionally ghastly things for years. Why didn’t she act earlier?
To Find the History of African American Women, Look to Their Handiwork
Our foremothers wove spiritual beliefs, cultural values, and historical knowledge into their flax, wool, silk, and cotton webs.
How America Fractured Into Four Parts
People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?
The Scandal Rocking the Evangelical World
The sudden departure of Russell Moore is forcing an overdue conversation about the crises of American Christendom.
The Problem With Dropping Standards in the Name of Racial Equity
By ending a requirement that classics majors learn Greek or Latin, Princeton risks amplifying racism instead of curing it.
The Rise of Shareholder Politics
Traditional theories portray stockholders as fully focused on profits. But that’s not as true as it once was.
Maybe You Have to Be Disagreeable to Convert
Muslim converts tend to be less religious than their non-convert peers. So what explains their overrepresentation among jihadists?
Our Towns: State Programs Are Laboratories for the Nation
This Isn’t Normal, Either
Just beneath a thin veneer of orderliness, the United States faces a set of perilous, unresolved threats.
‘Nobody Wants White Kids to Feel Bad About Their Race’
The children’s-book author Anastasia Higginbotham and I disagree about how to teach young Americans about police killings and racism.
Baseball Is Broken
The game is supposed to be fun.
Down With Institutionalists
Some traditions are worth defending, but only so long as they advance a defensible goal.