Is Wokeness One Big Power Grab?
Behind much social-justice discourse is a self-interested struggle for power.
The Bluesky Bubble
This is a relapse, not a fix.
A Film Impossible to Have Mild Feelings About
Emilia Pérez is messy, excessive, and manipulative—and spectacular because of it.
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
Making Government Efficient Again
An incoming Trump administration plans to ransack the civil service. But it needs reform, not demolition.
Israel Is Fighting a Different War Now
The Israeli high command now sees all of its conflicts as elements of a single, multifront war with Iran.
Alex Jones Just Went Somewhere Else
The Infowars founder is already broadcasting his conspiracy theories on a new site.
Why the Gaetz Announcement Is Already Destroying the Government
With his Cabinet picks, Donald Trump is causing a civil-service exodus that may hobble federal infrastructure for generations.
Tulsi Gabbard’s Nomination Is a National-Security Risk
The Senate can stop her.
The Secret to Thinking Your Way Out of Anxiety
To live with uncertainty, see it as opportunity instead.
The Not-So-Woke Generation Z
The same young people once derided as liberal snowflakes are moving to the right.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump
Why Kash Patel is exactly the kind of person who would serve in a second Trump administration
Democracy Is Not Over
Americans who care about democracy have every right to feel appalled and frightened. But then they have work to do.
How the Beatles Wrote ‘A Day in the Life’
Fifty years after its release, the sprawling closing track on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band remains a testament to the group’s ambitious songwriting.
Abandon the Empty Nest. Instead, Try the Open Door.
Adults whose kids have left home deserve a metaphor that emphasizes possibility.
Did Republicans Just Hand Trump 2.0 His First Defeat?
The Senate GOP elected John Thune as majority leader—and decisively rejected Trump’s apparent favorite.
Republican Leaders Are More Afraid of Trump Than Ever
Trump’s ridiculous Cabinet nominations will provide senators with a new test.
The Real Reason Trump Picked Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel
And what it means for the future of Palestinians and Israelis
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