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Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem

The case for teaching coders to speak French

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

The Quiet Cruelty of When Harry Met Sally

The classic rom-com invented the “high-maintenance” woman. Thirty years later, its reductive diagnosis lives on.

Tim Walz Looks Into the Void

Back on the trail with the guy who lost the last election

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.

Sex Without Women

What happens when men prefer porn?

Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit

Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

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

Do You Actually Know What Classical Music Is? Does Anyone?

The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

Dear Therapist: I’ve Been Dumped by My Friends

I thought our shared history would keep us close, but it hasn’t.