Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore
“Rubber burns, the map fades away / Chasing the ghosts of yesterday.” Sure, fine.
The Ciceronian Secret to Happiness
To feel good, do good.
A Real Cancer in Washington
The quiet heroism of my friend in government
Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine
Bridget Brink, the former ambassador to Ukraine, on that country’s war with Russia, America’s betrayal of Ukraine, and why she resigned
This Summer’s Most Pointless Sequel Is Here
The latest Jurassic World film somehow makes dinosaurs boring.
The Liberal Misinformation Bubble About Youth Gender Medicine
How the left ended up disbelieving the science
The Paradox of Hard Work
Why do people enjoy doing difficult things?
Trump World’s Wizard of Oz Problem
Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon don’t speak for Trump or his base. So why do people think they do?
The Narcissism of the Angry Young Men
What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
They Didn’t Have to Do This
By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.
In the Age of Ozempic, What’s the Point of Working Out?
The idea that we exercise to get thin may be more dangerous than ever.
How Happy Couples Argue
They don’t try to control each other. They try to control themselves.
Why Can’t Americans Sleep?
Insomnia has become a public-health emergency.
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