Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Plane
Donald Trump is in talks to accept a $400 million gift from Qatar—presumably not simply out of generosity.
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
AI Is Not Your Friend
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu
Most Israelis want to end the war, but their prime minister does not.
Who Counts as Christian?
A new initiative will necessitate that the Trump administration makes difficult judgment calls about the faith.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
An Eerily Familiar 20th-Century Hoax
What happened when a mega-famous evangelist went missing?
An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
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.
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.
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
Why I’m Leaving Pacific Palisades
My family survived the fire. We want to rebuild. But another, greater conflagration has enveloped us.
Don’t Let Love Take Over Your Life
The case for love-life balance
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading
Hint: It’s not just the screens.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
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