Nicole Kidman’s Perpetual Trick
The actor has excelled at embracing female artifice—and then demolishing it from the inside out.
Men on Trips Eating Food
Why TV is full of late-career Hollywood guys at restaurants
How U.S. Steel Got Rolled
The move to block a Japanese company from buying the American manufacturer puts political expediency ahead of industrial priorities.
Keep Your Notes App Under Lock and Key
Over time, a collection of throwaway thoughts becomes a record of person’s real self.
Trump Has Not Been ‘Sane-Washed’
The news media doesn’t routinely protect his image, and it never has.
Has Trump Gone Soft on China?
A “grand bargain” with Beijing has obvious appeal. The question is what it would cost.
Photos of the Week: Hat Festival, Marine Ranch, Buddha Scrub
Flooding in St. Mark’s Square in Venice, a hobbyhorse championship in England, a memorial for the victims of a school shooting in Georgia, and much more
Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
Can artificial intelligence really enrich fossil-fuel companies and fight climate change at the same time? The tech giant says yes.
Autocrats Win by Capturing the Courts
When justice seems like a joke, autocracy becomes more serious.
Where Trump and Harris Stand With Donations
In this election, campaign money has been flowing in at both the standard moments and the not-so-standard.
OpenAI’s Big Reset
With its new model, the company wants you to think ChatGPT is human.
The Stars Who Came to Hate Their Fame
Celebrity worship can have a steep cost.
Social-Media Companies’ Worst Argument
Why are tech leaders so adamant about pushing their creations on other people’s kids, while protecting their own?
Entitlement Is Not an Identity. It’s a Trap.
In Rumaan Alam’s latest novel, a Black woman’s quest for status runs up against her blind spots.
Netanyahu’s Other War
Conflict in Gaza hasn’t put an end to Israel’s constitutional crisis.
What John Stuart Mill Knew About Happiness
The great philosopher of liberty and liberalism had the ultimate advice for how to approach your “hoped-for heaven” in this earthly life.
‘That’s Something That You Won’t Recover From as a Doctor’
In Idaho and other states, draconian laws are forcing physicians to ignore their training and put patients’ lives at risk.
Does Kamala Harris Believe in Evolution?
In another election, she might have been asked.
The Supreme Court’s Effort to Save Trump Is Already Working
The conservative justices created so many avenues for challenge and confusion that the Court functionally collaborated in Trump’s strategy of delay.
What I Saw on the January 6 Committee
The attack on the Capitol was never a single, isolated event, but the outburst of a movement that is still fighting.