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The Congressman Who Saw the Truth About Biden

While many Democrats remained in denial, Mike Quigley perceived something painfully familiar.

Modi’s Escalation Trap

A counterterrorism policy designed to burnish a strongman’s image risks setting off new rounds of conflict.

My Shipwreck Story

On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.

What AI Thinks It Knows About You

What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?

Kristi Noem Should Probably Know What Habeas Corpus Is

But she doesn’t.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

Nobody in Ukraine Thinks the War Will End Soon

Ukrainians are confident that they can continue fighting, even without the same level of American support.

The Trump Administration’s Favorite Answer

President Donald Trump once promised, “I alone can fix it.” Now he has a different message.

COVID Shots for Kids Are Over

The FDA’s new approach to boosters could mean that kids will no longer be able to get vaccinated against the disease to begin with.

There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People

And only one of them really knows how to load it.

The Fraught Relationship Between a Pope and His Home

If Leo’s predecessors are any guide, this moment of American Catholic unity likely won’t last.

The Coming Economic Nightmare

Trump’s tariffs could cause stagflation for the first time in decades. It may go on for a long, long time.

How the Passionate Male Friendship Died

The “perfect” platonic bond used to be between two men. What happened?

The Best Way to Type ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Every time you shrug, you don’t need to Google, then copy, then paste.

America’s Johnson & Johnson Problem

A new book reveals how Big Pharma’s brazen behavior fueled medical mistrust.

When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin

In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.

Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight

To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.

The Rushed, Blundering Effort to Send Deportees to Third Countries

Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.

At Least Two Newspapers Syndicated AI Garbage

Slop the presses.

The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid

When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.