Schrödinger’s Detainees
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is one of hundreds of prisoners in El Salvador who have been denied their day in court.
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene
Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.
The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance
The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.
Why Trump Is Giving Putin Everything He Wants
If the U.S. president holds all the cards, why hasn’t he won any concessions from Russia?
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning
Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?
Benson Boone has charmed his way to the top—and that really seems to bother some people.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
The Polls Are Sending Trump a Message
The president is eager to blame the messenger. But his real problem is the numbers themselves.
Polyamory, the Ruling Class’s Latest Fad
Americans who most reap the benefits of marriage are the same class who get to declare monogamy passé and boring.
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.
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
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.
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.
Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage
Fewer young people are getting into relationships.
DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.
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