The Colorado Ruling Calls the Originalists’ Bluff
The disqualification of Donald Trump challenges the Supreme Court’s conservatives to follow through on their stated beliefs.
Xi Jinping Is Fighting a Culture War at Home
The Chinese leader seeks to restore an earlier era of ideological indoctrination and national unity—whether his society wants it or not.
Trump Insists He Hasn’t Read Mein Kampf
The former president told a crowd he’s not quoting Hitler when he says that immigrants are “destroying the blood of our country.”
The Hypocrisy Underlying the Campus-Speech Controversy
Conservative lawmakers can’t seem to decide how they feel about government influencing private institutions’ speech policies.
Why the U.S. Is Pumping More Oil Than Any Other Country in History
The politics of solving climate change may, paradoxically, require producing more fossil fuels for a while.
A Feel-Bad Movie in the Best Way Possible
The Iron Claw, a new biopic about the tragic Von Erich brothers, is rich with feeling and never despairing.
Our Forests Need More Fire, Not Less
The American history of wildfire suppression has contributed to today’s most destructive blazes.
The Subversive Worldview of Slow Horses
Jackson Lamb’s island of misfit spies is the best place on television.
The Colorado Supreme Court Just Gave Republicans a Chance to Save Themselves
They should take it.
Airlines Have an Accountability Problem
Southwest Airlines was just hit with a whopping fine for last year’s holiday breakdown, but the industry’s broader issues persist.
Winter Illness This Year Is a Different Kind of Ugly
Facing down simultaneous surges of flu, COVID, and RSV, most Americans still aren’t getting the vaccines that could temper the worst effects.
Reader Views on Gender-Divided Social Spaces
“Gender defined every generation until Gen X,” one reader argues. “It has been both challenging and wonderful to see those barriers become more permeable.”
Courts Are Choosing TikTok Over Children
A group of tech giants argue that the First Amendment entitles them to spy on kids. Unbelievably, it’s working.
The Perfect Antidote to an Age of Angsty Literature
The spiky, unsentimental writings of Diana Athill refuse to romanticize emotional discontent.
The Great Cousin Decline
Families are shrinking. But the weirdest family role is a vital one.
The Humanities Have Sown the Seeds of Their Own Destruction
If the humanities have become more political over the past decade, it is the result of pressure to prove that they are “useful.”
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2023
The year’s most essential series
Can Ukraine Clean Up Its Defense Industry Fast Enough?
Kyiv’s struggle to free its weapons production from graft
Zombie History Stalks Ukraine
In a haunted novel, memories of a brutal past transform bodies as well as psyches.
‘If Trump Is Reelected, There Will Be No Mark Milley to Stop Him’
Readers respond to our November 2023 cover story and more.
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