Trump’s Second Term Might Have Already Peaked
As far as policy accomplishments are concerned, it could very well turn out to be as underwhelming as the first.
Capitulation Is Contagious
When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.
You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
David Lynch, My Neighbor
The late director made beguiling movies about Los Angeles; he also loved his Scion xB.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
The Attack on Birthright Citizenship Is a Big Test for the Constitution
Does the text mean what it plainly says?
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Tulsi Gabbard
Other than raw ambition, only one through line is perceptible in a switchbacking political career.
Sam Altman Doesn’t Actually Need Trump
The new president needs the tech industry more than it needs him.
Be Like Sisyphus
How to embrace hopeful pessimism in a moment of despair
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
How America’s Fire Wall Against Disease Starts to Fail
Changing the membership of an obscure advisory committee could have an outsize effect on Americans’ protection against disease.
The Online Porn Free-for-All Is Coming to an End
Three decades into the internet era, the Supreme Court finally appears ready to uphold age-verification laws.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.