What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
Research has found that having children is terrible for quality of life—but the truth about what parenthood means for happiness is a lot more complicated.
Trump’s Epstein Answers Are Getting Worse
He’s blaming Obama and calling the scandal “boring.”
The States Are Going Full RFK Jr.
MAHA’s biggest wins aren’t coming from Washington.
Nobody (Not Even Trump) Can Control the Epstein Story
Welcome to the era of late-stage conspiracism.
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
Judges Don’t Know What AI’s Book Piracy Means
Can AI companies keep stealing books to train their models?
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
The Wrecking of the FBI
The former FBI official Peter Strzok on how President Donald Trump is destroying U.S. counterintelligence from the inside.
How Trump Primed His Base to Turn Against Him
The president spent years undermining voters’ belief in the government. Now he’s asking them to just trust him.
Trump Discovers MAGA Has No ‘Off’ Switch
For the first time, the president finds himself at odds with his own movement.
The AI Mirage
For decades, tech companies have promised that AI will make our computers easier to use. That hasn’t happened yet.