Trump’s Hollow Defense of Tariffs
His usual marketing savvy is nowhere to be seen.
Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now
The State Department is using Elon Musk’s playbook.
Fox and Frenemy
Trump may lash out at the network. But the two will always make up.
The Tariff Damage That Can’t Be Undone
Nothing here has ended well. In fact, it hasn’t even ended.
My Family’s Slave
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in Sinners
The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Smolny College is a warning.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
The End of the ‘Generic’ Grocery-Store Brand
They’re no longer terrible—in fact, they’re often the draw.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
Private Schools Have Become Truly Obscene
Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.