Our Special Forces’ Capacity to Evolve Despite Failure
The lesson 30 years on from the Battle of Mogadishu is that, with the right response, defeat can be a better tutor than victory.
The Care and Feeding of Supreme Court Justices
From lavish vacations to fancy dinners, conservative activists have constructed an elaborate infrastructure to reward ideological loyalty on the high court.
A Gory Amalgam of Truth and Spectacle
Trumpism hovers over the merger of the UFC and WWE.
The Greatest Invention in the History of Humanity
The very reason we’ve managed to succeed as a species is gynecology.
The College Backlash Is Going Too Far
Getting a four-year degree is still a good investment.
The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived
A novelist transforms the physicist John von Neumann into a scientific demon.
Telling the Truth About Taiwan
On a recent visit, a series of conversations brought home to me just how pernicious our falsehoods have been.
Why the GOP Extremists Oppose Ukraine
The budget fight was about vice signaling, not spending.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘I Worry That What We’re Looking at Is the End of Curiosity’
The author of Americanah explains why freedom of expression is crucial to writers.
Winners of the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2023
Some of the best images from a competition celebrating the natural world
California’s Math Misadventure Is About to Go National
The fight over math in the Golden State’s public schools is likely to spread across the country.
Daniel Clowes Is Ready to Face the Truth
The cartoonist has written some of the great haters, slackers, and screwups in modern comics. His new graphic novel imagines if one of them grew up.
Artists Are Losing the War Against AI
OpenAI has introduced a tool for artists to keep their images from training future AI programs. It may not make a difference.
How Financial Strength Weakened American Feminism
The history of NOW reveals the costs of donation-driven activism.
What Emily Wilson’s Iliad Misses
Her new translation is inviting to modern readers, but it doesn’t capture the barbaric world of the original.
A ’90s Blockbuster That Holds Up
Entertainment musts from Olga Khazan
Love Is Not Always Song, but the Swelling
A poem for Sunday
A Crucial Barrier Against Hurricanes Is at Risk
Sand dunes can protect the coastline from the effects of climate change. But they’re vulnerable to intense storms.
Here’s to a New Generation of Classic Cars
Enough with Boomer nostalgia for shiny chrome and mad speed. Let’s celebrate old automobiles to suit our more sober, constrained America.
Taylor Swift Is Too Famous for This
The celebrity-gossip industrial complex is about to crash into the savagery of sports media. Cover your eyes.