Endowments Are Next
Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point.
Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks
The president will attend a fundraiser and a showing of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.
This Conclave Will Be Different
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
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.
Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush
Is this a normal marriage thing?
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Breakfast Is Breaking
The classic American version hasn’t changed much in a century. Now it faces an identity crisis.
‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m stocking up on ibuprofen.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
Don’t Look at Stock Markets. Look at the Ports.
A drop in maritime traffic suggests that the worst is yet to come.
The U.S. Threat Looming Over Canada
The consequences if Trump followed through on his belligerent rhetoric about a “51st state” would be catastrophic.
The Destruction of the Department of Justice
When people at the department embrace Trump’s scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
Why Do Collaborators Do It?
In a new novel, Daniel Kehlmann considers why the director G. W. Pabst worked with the Nazis.
How the Best Restaurants Can Make You Feel
Keith McNally’s new memoir is full of revelations, but one stands out: His work is an underrated art form.
The Comic Who’s His Own Worst Enemy
The Rehearsal takes the prankster’s quest for self-betterment to new extremes.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
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