Trump’s Only Real Worldview Is Pettiness
The presidential candidate is pro-Israel or anti-Israel depending on his personal grudges.
Anatomy of a Fall Is a Gloriously Disorienting Thrill Ride
Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or–winning film is an emotional puzzle that will keep you guessing.
This Week in Books: Madonna Is the Blueprint for a Diva
Mary Gabriel’s new biography reveals the star’s indelible position in pop.
Online Betting Has Gone Off the Deep End
What are the odds this story wins a Pulitzer?
Computers Are Learning to Smell
AI could revolutionize our understanding of one of the most mysterious human senses.
The Good Luck of a Hard Life
How growing up with a pair of dice in one hand and a pistol in the other prepared Rich Paul for success
The Progressives Who Flunked the Hamas Test
The attack refutes the flawed assumption that all social-justice causes fit neatly together.
Why Uncontacted Tribes Want to Stay Uncontacted
The life and afterlife of a monstrous Victorian adventurer
A Uniquely Terrible New DEI Policy
At stake: the First Amendment rights and academic freedom of 61,000 professors who teach 1.9 million students
Israel Is Walking Into a Trap
Storming into Gaza will fulfill Hamas’s wish.
The Lessons Israel Failed to Learn From the Yom Kippur War
Gathering the right intelligence isn’t always enough.
Steve Scalise Bows Out
The unresolved speaker fight could determine whether the government stays open—and the future of U.S. support for Israel and Ukraine.
FTX’s Organizational Chaos
A witness testimony this week portrayed a workplace filled with fraught power dynamics, disorganization, and hubris.
Photos: Dire Conditions in Gaza
As Israel hits the region with retaliatory air strikes, the UN warns of a humanitarian crisis.
Israel Must Not React Stupidly
If this is Israel’s 9/11, it can learn from America’s mistakes.
What America Could Look Like in 2050
“I feel like it is a race, and I do not have the crystal ball to see the outcome,” one reader argues.
The Left Abandoned Me
After the brutal violence committed by Hamas against Israeli civilians, I looked around for my friends on the left and felt alone.
The Israeli Crisis Is Testing Biden’s Core Foreign-Policy Claim
The initial reactions of Biden and Trump to the attack have produced exactly the kind of personal contrast that Biden supporters want to project.
This War Shows Just How Broken Social Media Has Become
The global town square is in ruins.
What Happened to Empathy?
We have become inured to human suffering.