A Different Way to Think About Medicine’s Most Stubborn Enigma
A new book shows that dementia isn’t just a loss, and memory is much more than recollection.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Secret Cruelty of T. S. Eliot
Before she died, Emily Hale donated love letters she had received from the author while his wife was ill. Now public, the writings reveal his quiet duplicity.
The Default-Parent Problem
Why do so many people assume that Mom knows what’s going on with the kids, and that Dad does not?
A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
The Myth of the Poverty Trap
We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
Maybe Star Wars Is Better Without Lightsabers
The TV series Andor achieved greatness by challenging the franchise’s good-and-evil dichotomy.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
Photos of the Week: Harness Race, Obelisk Vista, Cheerleading Businessmen
The 1,000th anniversary of a city in France, Vesak Day celebrations in Indonesia, the Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland, and much more
The Mad Dual-Hatter
Trump’s reliance on the same group of officials to fill multiple jobs is dangerous.
Trump and the Crown Prince
He’s the American president Gulf leaders have been waiting for.
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
Americans Are Buying an Escape Plan
Is it time for a second passport?
America Is Having a Showboater Moment
The Trump administration talks tough on crime but shrugs off the work of real law enforcement.
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.
The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump’s Tariffs
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China