Want to Change Your Personality? Have a Baby.
I knew that becoming a parent would change me—but I had no idea how.
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.
How COVID Pushed a Generation of Young People to the Right
Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
‘Not My President’s Day’: Thousands Gather in Protest Against Trump
Images of some of yesterday’s nationwide anti-Trump rallies, ranging from Alaska and California to Massachusetts and Florida
Saturday Night Live Played the Wrong Greatest-Hits Reel
The sketch show’s much-hyped anniversary prime-time special suffered from a case of recency bias.
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
Frozen Food’s New Wave
The freezer can now be an arsenal of taste.
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
The New Globalism
How MAGA is reimagining foreign policy
The Dark History Behind Public Education
Schools weren’t meant to set you free, one political scientist argues.
January 6 Still Happened
The Trump administration can pardon the insurrectionists and delete pages of evidence. But it cannot hide what took place on that day.
How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left
The hypocrisy of Trump’s language wars
DOGE’s Fuzzy Math
The department’s current efforts—and Musk’s obsession with fraud—are not likely to make a dent in the country’s deficit.
How Progressives Broke the Government
Democrats’ cultural aversion to power has cleaved an opening for Trump.
The Man in the Midnight-Blue Six-Ply Italian-Milled Wool Suit
A perfect suit, made by an expert tailor out of superlative fabric, would do nothing less than transform me.
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
Capitulation Is Contagious
When fear spreads in a society, powerful people who know better are often the first to show their weakness.
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