What DVDs Gave Us
Sadness about the end of Netflix’s movie-by-mail service is about more than just nostalgia.
What Trump Brings Out in Americans
Plus: Will the Hunter Biden story spell trouble for Democrats?
This Week in Books: I Want to Know What Love Is
A new book argues that love has been “stolen away from the poets.”
Is Salsa Gazpacho?
Is gazpacho salsa?
The Women Writers Who Destroyed Their Own Work
The act can be the result of a fevered impulse—or a display of ferocious will.
A Crush Can Teach You a Lot About Yourself
There’s no harm in fantasies, even if you know they’ll never come true.
The Mug Shot Is a Warning
Donald Trump’s booking photo was supposed to be an exercise in humility. He turned it into a threat.
The Raunchy Teen Comedy Gets a Queer Twist
The bawdy new film Bottoms marries the boisterousness and misanthropy of its predecessors, with mixed results.
Trump’s Mug Shot Gives His Haters Nothing
Just like that, he was restored to his accustomed place in the Republican dogpile.
You’ve Had a Good Run, Liam Neeson
In Retribution, the septuagenarian plays a man stuck in a vehicle he can’t escape—an apt metaphor for his late-career pivot to action films.
I Was a Hostage in Iran. The Deals Are Part of the Problem.
Tehran should not get cash rewards for taking innocent prisoners.
The New Old Age
What a new life stage can teach the rest of us about how to find meaning and purpose—before it’s too late
Photos of the Week: Smoky Skies, Lazy Day, Mug Shot
Wildfires in Greece and Canada, paddleboarding in Maine, an anti-terror exercise in South Korea, flooding in Southern California, a T-Rex race in Washington State, and much more
The First GOP Debate Makes It Obvious Where the Republican Party Is Headed
No one can escape Trump’s long shadow.
The GOP’s Dispiriting Display
The Republican debate was a mess.
Good News for Your Sad, Beaten-Up iPhone
In a surprising turn, Apple has acknowledged that maybe not everyone needs a new phone every year.
The Mercenary Always Loses
Any real success is its own guarantee of failure.
What Happens When the Heat Repeats?
Two years later, the intertidal zone of the Pacific Northwest coast is still recovering from a devastating heat wave.
When Wealth Fixes (Almost) Everything
The status-obsessed characters of And Just Like That are discovering the limits of throwing money at their relationship problems.
Party of One
Donald Trump may have been absent from last night’s debate, but he still owns the GOP.