You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
Read These Six Books—Just Trust Us
Each title richly rewards readers who come in with little prior knowledge.
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
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.
The Myth of a Loneliness Epidemic
Americans may not actually feel more desolate than they did in the past.
Is Moderate Drinking Okay?
“Every drink takes five minutes off your life.” Maybe the thought scares you. Personally, I find comfort in it.
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Tulsi Gabbard
Other than raw ambition, only one through line is perceptible in a switchbacking political career.
Dear Therapist: I Was the Other Woman
I know I sound naive, but this wasn’t like a “normal” affair.
Americans Need to Party More
We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade
Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.
My Last Trial
I’ve been fighting this charge for half my life.
Why Reading Lolita in Tehran Holds Up
A new film vindicates Azar Nafisi’s humane literary ethos.
How the U.S. Gamed the Law of the Sea
It made itself bigger.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Blind Partisanship Does Not Actually Help Trump
The president is surrounding himself with people who may be television-ready but are not prepared to lead the country.
January 6ers Got Out of Prison—And Came to My Neighborhood
The strange new reality after Trump’s pardons
Biden’s Middle East Legacy
Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.