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Nostalgia for the Early Days of Parenting

“Cherish it while you can” is hard advice to follow for many new parents.

Israel Plunges Into Darkness

What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

Trump’s Inevitable Betrayal of His Supporters

Trump never meant to keep his promises. His voters are starting to notice.

Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?

An emerging critical consensus argues that we’ve entered a cultural dark age. I’m not so sure.

Photos of the Week: Mud Race, Met Gala, New Pope

Artistic swimming in Ontario, a bun-scrambling competition in Hong Kong, the Devils and Congos Festival in Panama, and much more

Sex Without Women

What happens when men prefer porn?

Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading

Hint: It’s not just the screens.

How the Ivy League Broke America

The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.

The Aftermath of a Mass Slaughter at the Zoo

Last year, a fox broke into a bird enclosure in D.C. and killed 25 flamingos. The zoo refused to let him strike again.

The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense

Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.

There Are Two Kinds of Credit Cards

Yet another way the poor are subsidizing the rich

Tyre Nichols and the End of Police Reform

If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.

How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days

He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights

A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.

The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable

What an American pope means for the Catholic Church and the world