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The Knowledge That Brings True Happiness

Three principles to help you decide whether to go to college

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom

It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

The Project 2025 Presidency

The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.

Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council

Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.

The Conversation That Moviegoers Don’t Need to Be Having

Sinners has made a splash at the box office, but analysts want to focus on the money it isn’t making.

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.

The Gen Z Lifestyle Subsidy

In the 2010s, Millennials got cheap Ubers. Today’s young people are getting free SuperGrok.

Oklahoma Is Asking the Supreme Court to Ignore History

The Founders had disagreements about the role of religion in America’s public schools, but there was always one line they would not cross.

Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber

A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.

When a DNA Test Reveals Your Daughter Is Not Your Biological Child

A father reflects on an experience that is becoming more common.

The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color

The ecstasy of “olo”

‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’

The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.

Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit

Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.

Ben-Gvir Can’t Bring Himself to Pretend

The Israeli national-security minister came to New Haven to tell the story of his political awakening.

What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?

The loss of America’s economic hegemony

AI Executives Promise Cancer Cures. Here’s the Reality

The technology is genuinely useful for scientific discovery, but its applications are less dramatic than you might think.

Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard

I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?

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.

Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem

If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.

Congressional Republicans Might Set Off the Debt Bomb

Their new budget framework is the most irresponsible in modern history—and will put the American economy on a very dangerous trajectory.