Just Don’t Call Her Unqualified
Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., is a real prosecutor. She’s also a real MAGA partisan.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
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.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert
Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad
How to Age Up on a Warming Planet
Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
And start raising kind ones.
What Parents of Boys Should Know
Daughters tend to receive higher levels of affection and patience at home than sons. But the sons might need it more.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?
An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.
Israel Plunges Into Darkness
What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
Quaker Parents Were Ahead of Their Time
The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.
The Bliss of a Quieter Ego
We live in a world of noisy narcissism, but you can escape the cacophony—and be happier.
Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
The Oddball British Comedy Show I Thought I’d Hate (And Learned to Love)
The cult favorite Taskmaster has a nonsensical premise that slowly bowled me over.
The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.
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