America Is Now Counting on You, Pete Hegseth
My advice for the incoming secretary of defense
MAGA Is Starting to Crack
Now that Trump is president again, the right’s moment of unity is over.
My Last Trial
I’ve been fighting this charge for half my life.
Why Reading Lolita in Tehran Holds Up
A new film vindicates Azar Nafisi’s humane literary ethos.
The Agony of Texting With Men
Many guys are bad at messaging their friends back—and it might be making them more lonely.
Capitulation Is Contagious
When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.
The January 6er Who Left Trumpism
Not every Capitol rioter was a card-carrying seditionist; some have regrets, and a few are even refusing a pardon. Jason Riddle is one.
Evangelicals Made a Bad Trade
Hitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.
Biden’s Middle East Legacy
Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.
Blind Partisanship Does Not Actually Help Trump
The president is surrounding himself with people who may be television-ready but are not prepared to lead the country.
Inside the Dangerous, Secretive World of Extreme Fishing
Why I swim out into rough seas 80 nights a year to hunt for striped bass
Turns Out Signing the Hunter Biden Letter Was a Bad Idea
Why so many titans of intelligence were willing to risk their hard-won credibility is deeply mysterious.
How the U.S. Gamed the Law of the Sea
It made itself bigger.
There Is No Resistance
The response to the January 6 pardons shows that the president faces no effective constraints from within his party.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Trump’s First Shot in His War on the ‘Deep State’
The president is punishing a group of former officials for expressing an opinion he didn’t like.
The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Does the text mean what it plainly says?
Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.
If where you live isn’t truly your home, and you have the resources to make a change, it could do wonders for your happiness.
A Christ-Lite Sermon
Nothing is more Christian than protecting vulnerable immigrants. Why couldn’t Bishop Mariann Budde just say that?
Did He Actually Do That?
Elon Musk either had a slipped-mask moment or is supremely awkward.