The Ghosts of Wannsee
A short story
Tim Walz Is Too Good at This
Let me remind everyone that Walz is, in fact, a politician.
The Low Comedy of Eric Adams’s Indictment
The government’s case is serious. The details are absurd.
An Era of Shamelessness in American Politics
Eric Adams is the latest public figure to frame accusations of wrongdoing as a targeted attack.
Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?
The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of its test tubes should be concerned.
Nasrallah’s Folly
The Hezbollah leader escalated a fight that Israel was only too eager to wage. Now Israel claims to have killed him.
AI Is Triggering a Child-Sex-Abuse Crisis
Disaster is brewing on dark-web forums and in schools.
The Megalopolis That Francis Ford Coppola Wanted to Make
The director’s fantasy of film’s technological potential is still far from a reality.
America’s Hurricane Luck Is Running Out
Helene is a harbinger of relentless storm seasons to come.
Millennials Are Worrying About Getting Old. Gen X Can Relate.
Despite the dichotomies pitting them against each other, more connects the generations than divides them.
AI Is a Language Microwave
Easy, convenient, and far from perfect
Five Books That Conjure Entirely New Worlds
The best-written stories can make readers feel as if they have passed through mundane states of being and been brought over to another universe.
We Need Supply-Side Education Policy
Eliminating degree requirements for jobs is very popular with voters but would do almost nothing to help workers who don’t have a college diploma.
How Defense Experts Got Ukraine Wrong
On questions of war and peace, governments must hear from many types of experts.
Malcolm Gladwell, Meet Mark Zuckerberg
The writer’s insistence on ignoring the web is an even bigger blind spot today than it was when The Tipping Point came out.
Don’t Assume That Eric Adams Is Going Anywhere
New York’s mayor is defiant, and his city has tolerated its share of corruption.
A Question That Demands an Answer
The plight of Yaroslav Bazylevych poses a challenge to the West.
Photos of the Week: Mansion Graffiti, Medieval Battle, Skeletal Deer
The effects of Hurricane Helene in Cuba, a simulated moon walk in Germany, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, runway scenes from Paris Fashion Week, and much more
The Kleptocracy Club
Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.
MAGA Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
The GOP wants to be consequence-free.