Is Anyone Shocked by Babygirl?
Don’t look to Nicole Kidman for a frank accounting of what sexual domination looks like.
You’re Going to Die. That’s a Good Thing.
If you can accept your mortality, you will feel more alive.
DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest
People are discovering the truth about their biological parents with DNA—and learning that incest is far more common than many think.
The Choices That Create Isolation
Everyday decisions accumulate into a life.
Trump Is Right That Pax Americana Is Over
But will he bother to build something new?
Elon Has Appointed Himself King of the World
After helping Trump win the election, the world’s richest man is turning his attention to Europe.
Watch—And Rewatch—This 215-Minute Film
The Brutalist’s ambitious gamble with the audience mostly pays off.
Trump’s Sentencing Made No One Happy
But it still mattered for the rule of law.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
The Bizarre Brain of Werner Herzog
The Teutonic overthinker’s latest documentary reveals more about his strange mind than the brain writ large.
Americans Need to Party More
We’re not doing it as much as we used to. You can be the change we need.
Public Health Can’t Stop Making the Same Nutrition Mistake
Telling Americans what food is healthy doesn’t mean they will listen.
The Intellectual Rationalization for Annexing Greenland
Donald Trump’s defenders have little choice but to cast his trolling as a clever geopolitical stratagem.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Dear Therapist: I Was the Other Woman
I know I sound naive, but this wasn’t like a “normal” affair.
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
The Message in the Sky Over Los Angeles
What it means to go from smog to smoke
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
We stay and its ours
A poem for Sunday
Photos: The Palisades Fire Scorches Parts of Los Angeles
Images from a destructive wildfire that erupted yesterday, driven by extreme winds and dry conditions