What Silicon Valley Knew About Tech-Bro Paternalism
The show anticipated what can happen when masculine entitlement and artificial intelligence meet.
Phase Two Will Be Worse Than DOGE
First came the chaos. Next comes the retribution.
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People
And only one of them really knows how to load it.
The Pardon-to-Prison Pipeline
Trump granted clemency to people who keep ending up back in trouble with the law.
Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
They Never Thought Trump Would Have Them Deported
The administration’s drive to carry out the largest campaign in history has ensnared people who didn’t see themselves as targets.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
What the Courts Can Still Do to Constrain Trump
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation case is a test for the rule of law.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Trump’s Harvard Whiplash
The demands the Trump administration is placing on the university are internally contradictory.
Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit
Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.
Do You Actually Know What Classical Music Is? Does Anyone?
The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.
Mario Vargas Llosa’s Question for the Trump Era
The Nobel Prize–winning novelist, who died this week, traveled through both literature and politics with a heedlessness you had to admire.
America Needs to Radically Rethink What It Means to Be Old
As 100-year lifespans become more common, the time has come for a new approach to school, work, and retirement.
One Simple Hack to Ruin Your Easter
The price of eggs has some online creators suggesting that potatoes are a suitable alternative. Please believe me, they are wrong.
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
Seventy Miles in Hell
The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
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