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.
Dear James: A Riddle About Reading
Even when I love a book, I want it to end. Why?
Finally, Someone Said It to Joe Rogan’s Face
Should the star podcaster take any responsibility for how he uses his power?
A New Book Challenges the Church’s Reputation on Sex
Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.
You’ve Probably Already Met Your Next Best Friend
The loneliness industry is trying to solve the wrong problem.
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
The Coming Economic Nightmare
Trump’s tariffs could cause stagflation for the first time in decades. It may go on for a long, long time.
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
When a DNA Test Reveals Your Daughter Is Not Your Biological Child
A father reflects on an experience that is becoming more common.
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.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
Photos of the Week: Pony Run, Corgi Race, Rocket War
Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican, scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025, a humanoid-robot half-marathon in China, and much more
What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
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