I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
Trumpworld Makes the Case Against Trump
MAGA supporters are attempting to understand Trump’s catastrophic decision making, while accepting Trump’s infallibility as a given.
Will Elise Stefanik Get the Last Laugh?
Inside Trump’s decision to kill the MAGA star’s Cabinet nomination
How to Prepare for a Recession
The older you are, and the more likely you are to get laid off, the more important it is to have liquid savings.
The Democrats Won’t Acknowledge the Scale of Trump’s Tariff Mess
The president’s allies are putting up a bigger fight than the opposition party is.
Buy That New Phone Now
But only if you absolutely have to.
A Truly Macabre White Lotus Plot
What was Tim Ratliff’s arc really about?
Here Are the Places Where the Recession Has Already Begun
Towns near the Canadian border are suffering.
Due Process for Me, Not for Thee
Donald Trump has benefited greatly from America’s constitutional protections, but he seeks to deprive others of them.
The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked
The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.
What the Comfort Class Doesn’t Get
People with generational wealth control a society that they don’t understand.
The New King of Tech
How Jensen Huang built Nvidia into a nearly $3 trillion business
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
Why Is Trump Mad at the Zoo?
In search of “improper ideology” among the animals
‘A Path of Perfect Lawlessness’
The Trump administration’s arguments in a high-profile immigration case have much broader implications.
The White Lotus Doesn’t Stick the Landing
By packing in too many narrative beats, the latest season of Mike White’s anthology series lost sight of itself.
Bombing the Houthis Won’t Work
Trump’s war has no strategy and is likely to backfire.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.