A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs
The unfolding conflict between Pakistan and India needs to be handled with the utmost care and competence.
How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail
Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush
Is this a normal marriage thing?
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
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.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Real Motive Behind the Real ID–Deadline Charade
The Trump administration turned a legitimate national-security priority into an empty threat against immigrants.
Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab
Can anyone stop his space-based internet?
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
Gregg Popovich’s Life Lessons
The San Antonio Spurs coach built a thoughtful team culture that spread far beyond his own players.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.
Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
How Spying Helped Erode American Trust
Espionage has always been with us, but its rapid growth over the past century raises questions about who we are.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
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