The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
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.
The SNL Sketch That Captured Millennial Anxiety
The guest host Quinta Brunson was the perfect fit to introduce “Forever 31.”
How the World Became Awash in Synthetics
It started in 1934, with a PR crisis.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
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.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
A century-old book foresaw Trump’s most basic strategy.
Trump Is Hiding Behind His Lawyers
The president wants to seize new powers, yet he’s also eager to hand off responsibility for hard decisions.
The Pro-Family Policy This Nation Actually Needs
If the Trump administration wants more babies, it needs to embrace a different kind of parent.
Skin a Rabbit
A short story
Microsoft’s Hypocrisy on AI
Can artificial intelligence really enrich fossil-fuel companies and fight climate change at the same time? The tech giant says yes.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.