How Musk and Biden Are Changing the Media
This unlikely tag team has helped kill the demand and the means for journalists to brand themselves.
Wimbledon’s AI Announcer Was Inevitable
Sports commentary has long been trending toward vanilla broadcasters. Why not have bots finish the job?
A Look Into the Wondrous Lives of Sharks
Recent images of humans observing and interacting with sharks around the world
E-bikes Are Going to Keep Exploding
We are stuck in battery purgatory.
Anohni’s Message: To Save the World, We’ll Have to Forgive Ourselves
The artist talks about her new album, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, which explicitly aligns her with the American protest-music tradition.
The Sincerity and Absurdity of Hollywood’s Best Action Franchise
Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One is a worthy entry in a series that has managed to stay fresh for nearly 30 years.
The Gravitational Pull of Supervising Kids All the Time
When so many people think hovering is what good parents do, how do you stop?
Outdoor Day
A poem for Wednesday
The Simple Mistake That Almost Triggered a Recession
Leading economists said we’d need higher unemployment to tame inflation. Here’s why they were wrong.
There’s No Such Thing as an RFK Jr. Voter
His anti-establishment posturing is popular. His peculiar policy positions are not.
Everyone Has ‘Car Brain’
Online communities dedicated to criticizing cars and the people who love them have developed an insult that … kind of makes sense.
What I Learned Retracing the Footsteps of the Capitol Rioters
How should we memorialize January 6? Consider the walking tour.
A New Explanation for One of Ecology’s Most Debated Ideas
Biodiversity might hinge on what species have in common, not their particular niches.
Play a Game of (Atlantic-Themed) Trivia for the Fourth
A brief themed diversion. Plus: What to read if you want to read something new but only have short stretches of time.
Who Really Wrote ‘the Pursuit of Happiness’?
The voice of Doctor Johnson, archcritic of the American Revolution, was constantly in mind for the Declaration of Independence’s drafter.
Multilateral Man Is More Powerful Than Putin Realized
Unelected bureaucrats get a bad rap. But some do an essential job.
Reclaiming Real American Patriotism
This Fourth of July, let’s rescue our love of country from those who have hijacked it.
I Grew Up Not Knowing My Birthday
As Vietnamese refugees, my family looked forward, not back. That also meant forgetting the date of my birth.
Short Novels to Dip Into This Summer
You can stumble into them and stumble back out, enriched, a few hours later.
The Hypocrisy of Mandatory Diversity Statements
Demanding that everyone embrace the same values will inevitably narrow the pool of applicants who work and get hired in higher education.