The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals
They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’
Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.
The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy
How the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the markets
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Catharsis in Re-Creating One of the Worst Days of Your Life
Making the film Warfare was an exercise in exposure therapy for the veterans whose memories it reconstructs.
Is Anthony Weiner Ready to Go Another Round?
The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York’s city council. In some ways, he hasn’t changed a bit.
The Great Cousin Decline
Families are shrinking. But the weirdest family role is a vital one.
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.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading
Hint: It’s not just the screens.