China Called Trump’s Bluff
There is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens.
The Trump Trade-War Scam
How to understand the phony trade deals with Britain and China
The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid
When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
Who Counts as Christian?
A new initiative will necessitate that the Trump administration makes difficult judgment calls about the faith.
AI Is Not Your Friend
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
An Eerily Familiar 20th-Century Hoax
What happened when a mega-famous evangelist went missing?
The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert
Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.
An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
How to Age Up on a Warming Planet
Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
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.
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
And start raising kind ones.
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