The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
Dear James: I Want to Want to Listen
I love my husband. But I find it impossible to pay attention to him.
The Pro-Family Policy This Nation Actually Needs
If the Trump administration wants more babies, it needs to embrace a different kind of parent.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
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.
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.
World War II: The Fall of Nazi Germany
Part 17 of a weekly 20-part retrospective of World War II
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.
Parenthood Cannot Be Optimized
Amanda Hess’s new book examines a surplus of experts and gadgets that promise to perfect the experience of raising children.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
The End of the ‘Generic’ Grocery-Store Brand
They’re no longer terrible—in fact, they’re often the draw.
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.