The End of the ‘Generic’ Grocery-Store Brand
They’re no longer terrible—in fact, they’re often the draw.
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Smolny College is a warning.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
Turtleboy Will Not Be Stopped
A profane blogger believes an innocent woman is being framed for murder. He’ll do anything to prove he’s right—and terrorize anyone who says he’s wrong.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
Does Anyone Still Hitchhike?
Traveling by thumb isn’t popular anymore. Some say it should be.
Photos of the Week: May Day, Fire Festival, Finger Wrestling
A sandstorm in northeastern Syria, the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, members of ZZ Top in Australia, and much more
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene
Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.
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