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I Don’t Know If I Can Call Myself a Mom

After enduring infant loss and years of fertility challenges, I still don’t have a child.

The Founders’ Guide to Happiness

Today people think of happiness as something that results from the pursuit of pleasure, but the Constitution’s Framers had other ideas.

The Long Odds of This Year’s Super Bowl Location

For years, the NFL balked at any association with gambling—and Las Vegas. That’s all changed.

A Farewell to Up for Debate

This newsletter is coming to an end, but my inbox stays open to all of you.

Welcome Back to the Chaos of the Trump Era

Yesterday provided a small glimpse of the madness to come.

Lab Diamonds Are Too Perfect for Their Own Good

The traditional diamond industry is thought to be under threat from lab-grown stones. But that’s not how luxury works.

California’s Climate Has Come Unmoored

The weather of catastrophe is here.

What’s a Kids’ Fantasy Show Without Wonder?

Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ commitment to faithfulness turned out to be a constraint.

People’s Choice: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

Winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photography competition

It’s Not Too Late to Give Gaza a Better Future

If the international community doesn’t want to see Hamas return to power in Gaza, it must act immediately.

Older Americans Are About to Lose a Lot of Weight

People over 65 make up a sizable portion of Americans on GLP-1 drugs. That might be trouble.

What I Wish More People Knew About American Evangelicalism

For all the bad that’s come out of this movement, there are still countless stories of personal transformation leading people to live better lives.

Happiness

A poem for Wednesday

How Seven Companies Took Over the Stock Market

The Magnificent Seven have been buoying the S&P 500 lately, but the stocks’ outsize impact on the market may not necessarily be a good thing.

An Airtight Ruling Against Trump

In a masterful opinion, the D.C. Circuit rejected the former president’s bid for immunity.

A Godzilla Movie That’s Actually Terrifying

Godzilla Minus One is a rare beast: a viscerally arresting monster flick with legitimate emotional stakes.

Neal Stephenson’s Most Stunning Prediction

The sci-fi legend coined the term metaverse. But he was most prescient about our AI age.

A Rare Moment Americans Could All Share

A duet at the Grammys was a balm for our sorely divided nation.

Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms

Images from Southern California, where the second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought record levels of rainfall

Donald Trump Loses His ‘Absolute Immunity’ Claim

And rightly so.