If Not Vegan, or Vegetarian, How About Chickentarian?
Chicken can be part of a climate-friendly diet; we’re just eating way too much of it.
Enjoy Your Awful Basketball Team, Virginia
I didn’t think rooting for the Washington Wizards could get any worse. Then they announced a move to the suburbs.
A Seasonal Guide to Better Well-Being
Amid the seasonal whirl of hedonistic excess, try taking a quiet moment out.
Zack Snyder, the Director People Love to Hate
How did one of Hollywood’s most successful and influential filmmakers also become one of its most divisive?
The English-Muffin Problem
A simple explanation for economic discontent
The Colorado Ruling Changed My Mind
The strongest argument for throwing Trump off the ballot is the weakness of the counterarguments.
The Most Unsettling ‘Christmas Carol’
Why my father and I loved George C. Scott
Winners of the 2023 International Landscape Photographer of the Year
Some of the top and winning images from this year’s landscape-photography competition
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.”