The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
The Link Between Happiness and Social Connection
Building a meaningful life is hard for young people to do right now.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
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.
Trump’s Hollow Defense of Tariffs
His usual marketing savvy is nowhere to be seen.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now
The State Department is using Elon Musk’s playbook.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
What the Longest Study on Human Happiness Found Is the Key to a Good Life
The Harvard Study of Adult Development has established a strong correlation between deep relationships and well-being. The question is, how does a person nurture those deep relationships?
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Smolny College is a warning.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
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.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
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.
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.