The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
America’s Most Popular Drug Has a Puzzling Side Effect. We Finally Know Why.
The reason statins can make your muscles sore or weak was unclear—until scientists accidentally stumbled upon an answer.
SNL Isn’t Really Hot for Your Mom
A raunchy sketch ends up reinforcing the stereotype of mothers as frumpy and sexless.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
And start raising kind ones.
The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain
Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.
The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
If you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.
An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Israel Plunges Into Darkness
What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
AI Is Not Your Friend
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
Now I Know What My Mother Was Saying
I always knew my mother loved me. I didn’t realize the full practical cost of her love until becoming a mother myself.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
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