You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
Watch Out for Mechanical Nightingales
In an age of ideological conformity and technological brain-suck, the world needs more disobedient artists and thinkers.
The Online Porn Free-for-All Is Coming to an End
Three decades into the internet era, the Supreme Court finally appears ready to uphold age-verification laws.
It’s Already Different
Trump’s first-day executive orders would have prompted mass outrage had he attempted them in 2017. Today, the response is more muted.
The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors
Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring a warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. It’s a terrible idea.
Michelle Doesn’t Want to Go to Barack’s Work Thing
And that’s her right.
The Difference Between TikTok and Free Expression
The algorithmic manipulation of users’ attention is not the same thing as actual human speech.
Pornography Shouldn’t Be So Easy for Kids to Access
The risks associated with childhood exposure to such material are real, and worthy of special attention.
America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet
How the United States learned to love internet censorship
Emergency Powers Are About to Be Tested
Trump’s potential use of extraordinary authorities may be the first signal of how he intends to govern the second time around.
Where Biden Turned the Battleship
The outgoing president’s legacy of revived antitrust enforcement won’t be easy to undo.
L.A. Isn’t Ready for What’s Next
Sooner or later, a winter storm will hit, and deadly mudslides and debris flows will likely follow.
Brace for Foreign-Policy Chaos
The only certainty is more uncertainty.
Elon Musk Imagined a Cover-Up
The world’s wealthiest man revived an argument that the right already won.
The Right Way to Look for a New Job
Being miserable at work is definitely a good reason for change. But how you go about it really matters for a happy outcome.
A Sweeping January 6 Pardon Is an Attack on the Judiciary
The federal judges who stewarded these cases deserve more respect than that.
Is Moderate Drinking Okay?
“Every drink takes five minutes off your life.” Maybe the thought scares you. Personally, I find comfort in it.
No One Will Remember Jack Smith’s Report
But indifference to truth and honor and the rule of law has a way of catching up with a country.
MAGA’s Demon-Haunted World
Peter Thiel is the latest pro-Trump luminary to take a conspiracist turn.
How Los Angeles Must Rebuild
“Almost everything you can do to avoid the worst outcomes must take place long before that first spark.”