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It’s Me, God. Keep Me Out of This.

Everything that’s going on now is so depressing. I had to tune out for the sake of My mental health.

Why Do So Many Parents Think Kids Need Their Own Bedroom?

Some go to great lengths to give kids their own room. But children can thrive without their own space.

Crying Myself to Sleep on the Biggest Cruise Ship Ever

Seven agonizing nights aboard the Icon of the Seas

What Chris Murphy Learned From the New Right

The standard-issue Northeast progressive wants to take the Democratic Party down a populist path.

The U.S. Is Going Backwards on Vaccines, Very Fast

America’s vaccine advisory committee is now taking seriously a baseless anti-vaccine flashpoint.

Sinwar’s March of Folly

Seldom has any action backfired so spectacularly as Hamas’s October 7 attack.

A Stunning Reinvention of the Zombie Film

28 Days Later messed with the genre’s formula. 28 Years Later takes it even further.

The Adriana Smith Case Was an Ethical Disaster

Georgia’s fetal-personhood law pushed doctors into an extraordinarily troubling situation.

Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter!

The president Truth Socials his way through the Israel-Iran cease-fire.

The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting

Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.

American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran

The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.

RFK Jr. Is Taking an Axe to America’s Dietary Guidelines

MAHA is on the brink of its biggest win yet.

Right Move, Wrong Team

The U.S. strikes on Iran might have been necessary, but the manner in which Trump acted should raise alarms about what lies ahead.

Extreme Violence Without Genocide

The plight of white South Africans is part of a much larger problem.

The Self-Deportation Psyop

With a repurposed app and free teddy bears, the Trump administration is pressuring migrants to leave.

The Archaic Sex-Discrimination Case the Supreme Court Is Reviving

In Skrmetti, the Court turned to a decades-old decision once thought to be consigned to history.

‘Everybody Knows Khamenei’s Days Are Numbered’

A well-placed group of Iranian insiders considers a future without the supreme leader.

This Awful, Forgettable Heat

The week’s bad weather deserves a name.

The Perils of ‘Design Thinking’

How did the concept become the solution to society’s most deeply entrenched problems?

ICE Agent or Just Some Person?

There’s a dress code to help you make that determination.