Stop Asking Whether Money Buys Happiness
It may, but only a negligible amount.
Yes, He Could Still Be President From Prison
Unless—perhaps—Special Counsel Jack Smith indicts Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
The Court Is Likely to Reject the Independent State Legislature Theory
And that offers hope for American democracy
Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result
Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it.
The Not-So-Secret Key to Emotional Balance
Crying can help you keep your feelings in check. It’s also inextricably bound up in spirituality.
The Dangerous Rise of ‘Front-Yard Politics’
Many public crusaders are private reactionaries.
The New Lines of the Gun-Reform Battle
The American public supports some stricter gun measures. Will the country ever enact them?
The Case for Less Political Reporting
Why broader news coverage could lead to a better-informed population
The Film That Understands What a Creative Life Really Looks Like
Showing Up is an ode to the difficulties, and rewards, of making art.
A California Superbloom
Recent colorful images from several locations across Southern California
An Institution That’s Been Broken for 200 Years
Two new books argue that America urgently needs to reimagine its child-welfare system.
Elon Musk’s Free-Speech Charade Is Over
Now that the mogul has swung Twitter to the right, conservatives no longer believe that social-media policies violate the First Amendment.
Everything About the Ukraine Leak Is Incredibly Weird
Secrets were “sitting in a … Discord server for a month, and nobody noticed.”
Conservation Tends to Ignore the Most Common Type of Life
The field frets about endangered polar bears and tigers. Why not also bacteria?
Supply-Side Progressivism Has a Fatal Flaw
Advocates of the market-based approach seem to have misunderstood the nature of their political coalition.
Making True Threats Is a Crime
But what counts as true?
The Problem America Cannot Fix
The public supports many sensible gun measures, but flaws in our democracy make us unable to adopt them.
The Spiritual Emptiness of Achievement
Adam Gopnik extols the virtues of mastery over ephemeral accomplishments as he learns how to make bread, box, dance, and drive.
Meet the World’s Least Ambitious AI
Martin is designed to fail at its only task—a reminder that AI doesn’t actually need humanlike smarts to be useful.
Welcome to Wedding Sprawl
Proposal parties. Extended bachelor and bachelorette weekends. Multiple honeymoons. Modern marriage celebrations can feel endless.
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