Why Not Whitmer?
The Michigan governor isn’t running for president. But she is happy to be interrogated over whether she might change her mind.
San Antonio, the Spurs, and Me
With the first-overall pick in the NBA draft, the team has a shot at becoming one of the league’s perennial winners once again.
The Radical Reinvention of The Bear
The second season of Hulu’s hit show explores its ensemble’s ability to embrace change, to profound effect.
The Valley Girl, Like, Totally Deserved Better
The Southern Californian archetype is mocked to this day. But four decades ago, a teen movie traded in sneers for sensitivity.
Generative AI Should Not Replace Thinking at My University
I’m dismayed that any academic institution would encourage us to use chatbots rather than our intellects.
The Ghost of a Once Era-Defining Show
In its second season, And Just Like That seems constrained by its fear of being conventional.
The Happy Art of Grandparenting
I just became a grandfather—and the role holds a lot of lessons for happiness.
The Forgotten Element of Strategy
Without incorporating time into our calculations, we will always be too late.
Can Baseball Keep Up With Us?
Are we just too impatient for America’s famously leisurely national pastime? Hanna Rosin asks staff writer Mark Leibovich whether the changes MLB is making this summer could help him, and the rest of us, fall in love with baseball all over again.
Reddit Gave Its Moderators Freedom—And Power
A series of recent protests reveal just how much the site depends on its moderators’ free labor.
AI Is an Existential Threat to Itself
Generative-AI programs may eventually consume material that was created by other machines—with disastrous consequences.
The 2023 Audubon Photography Awards
Some of the best bird photography of the year—a collection of this year’s winners
Pixar’s Talking Blobs Are Becoming More and More Unsatisfying
The fantastical world of Elemental masks a lack of imagination from the once-inventive studio.
The Gaps Between Media and Reality
Readers share examples of media portrayals that are at odds with their own life experiences.
Indian Dissidents Have Had It With America Praising Modi
To support the defenders of India’s embattled democracy, just tell the truth.
Trump Seems to Be Afraid, Very Afraid
That was the big revelation of his interview with Fox’s Bret Baier.
The Night Before I Leave Home
A poem for Wednesday
We’ve Been Thinking About the Internet All Wrong
Instead of imagining online life as a massive town square, we should be turning to the field of public health for inspiration.
Blood-Quantum Laws Are Splintering My Tribe
The rules were supposed to preserve my community. Instead they are slowly cutting people out of it.
Tolstoy and Chill
Listening to books is more passive than reading them. That might be a good thing.
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