The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good
If Kilmar Abrego Garcia is guilty of the crimes he is accused of, then the Trump administration could simply follow the law. Why won’t it?
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?
Three possible arguments against the tech company
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
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.
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene
Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The New Divide in American Marriage
College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.