GOP Fantasy Collides With Reality
The requisite for Republican leadership is serving delusion—that Trump won in 2020, that the Republicans did not lose in 2022. Fail at that and you’re out.
Poland’s Election Is Neither Free nor Fair
The Law and Justice party captured the Polish state. Can democracy survive?
Ukraine Is Losing Eastern European Allies
Slovakia and Poland mattered, and they are slipping away.
On a Clear Day
Kevin McCarthy Got What He Deserved
The House speaker surrendered every principle, and in the end, it still wasn’t enough to save him.
The Only Sin That Republicans Can’t Forgive
Kevin McCarthy’s demise continues a cycle among House Republicans that now traces back nearly half a century.
Is Biden Relying on the Wrong Slogan?
Bidenomics is a clapback at the president’s critics. But it’s also an attempt to attach his legacy to the unwieldy forces of the economy.
Kevin McCarthy’s Brief Speakership Meets Its End
A revolt by right-wing Republicans toppled the leader of the House in an unprecedented vote.
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.