The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
The Destruction of the Department of Justice
When people at the department embrace Trump’s scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
The SNL Sketch That Captured Millennial Anxiety
The guest host Quinta Brunson was the perfect fit to introduce “Forever 31.”
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
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.
We’re Back to the Actually Internet
Fact-checking is out, “Community Notes” are in.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
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.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
Who Gets Panzer Tattooed on Their Arm?
The ink that tells the story of Trump’s second term
The Political Fight of the Century
For the first time in decades, America has a chance to define its next political order. Trump offers fear, retribution, and scarcity. Liberals can stand for abundance.
The Short-Circuiting of the American Mind
A century-old book foresaw Trump’s most basic strategy.
The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
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