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A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship

Would you raise kids with your best pals?

The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert

Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad

Why I’m Leaving Pacific Palisades

My family survived the fire. We want to rebuild. But another, greater conflagration has enveloped us.

How America Got Mean

In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.

How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap

For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.

Don’t Let Love Take Over Your Life

The case for love-life balance

We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel

In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift

The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them

You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.

Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids

And start raising kind ones.

Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market

A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

The Court Can’t Think Straight When It Comes to Corruption

Yesterday’s decision demonstrates the justices’ sympathy for their powerful peers.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading

Hint: It’s not just the screens.

One Word Describes Trump

A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

RFK Jr. Was My Drug Dealer

Kennedy’s endorsement of Donald Trump raises an awkward question.

Nostalgia for the Early Days of Parenting

“Cherish it while you can” is hard advice to follow for many new parents.

How to Age Up on a Warming Planet

Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.

The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense

Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.

The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights

A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.