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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.

Israel Plunges Into Darkness

What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.

AI Is Not Your Friend

How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it

The Partisan Mind Virus

Dismissing evidence that a politician might be unfit for office is as much a mistake for the right as it was for the left.

The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable

What an American pope means for the Catholic Church and the world

Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce

Food safety in America is under attack.

Just Don’t Call Her Unqualified

Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., is a real prosecutor. She’s also a real MAGA partisan.

The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy

The Pope’s Most Revealing Choice So Far

By choosing the name Leo XIV, the pope has indicated that he won’t merely be progressive or conservative.

Why This India-Pakistan Conflict Is Different

India and Pakistan are fueling each other’s extremism without an off-ramp in sight.

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.

How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail

Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.

The Real Trump Family Business Is Crypto

The president's side hustle is proving to be very, very lucrative.

We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel

In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift

‘I Run the Country and the World’

Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.

The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense

Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.

Trump’s Inevitable Betrayal of His Supporters

Trump never meant to keep his promises. His voters are starting to notice.

The Bliss of a Quieter Ego

We live in a world of noisy narcissism, but you can escape the cacophony—and be happier.

We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong

What illness taught me about true friendship

Tyre Nichols and the End of Police Reform

If a savage beating, captured on camera, cannot produce a murder conviction, the chances of fixing the police-brutality problem are very bleak.