The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
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 Perth, Australia, and much more
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
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.
Trump Is Fulfilling Kissinger’s Dream
The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but he’s taking things much further than anyone has before.
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
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.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
Mike Waltz Joins an Unhappy Fraternity
Even without Signalgate, the president wasn’t likely to keep his national security adviser around long.
Why Is Trump So Into Crypto?
The president’s enthusiasm for digital currency could destabilize America’s financial systems.
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
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.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
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.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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.
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