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‘I Run the Country and the World’

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

AI Is Not Your Friend

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

How to Age Up on a Warming Planet

Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.

Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce

Food safety in America is under attack.

A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship

Would you raise kids with your best pals?

The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert

Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad

Why I’m Leaving Pacific Palisades

My family survived the fire. We want to rebuild. But another, greater conflagration has enveloped us.

The Bliss of a Quieter Ego

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

DOGE Is Bringing Back a Deadly Disease

Cuts to agencies that protect workers’ lungs are going to result in the resurgence of a preventable illness.

How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap

For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.

Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids

And start raising kind ones.

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.

We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel

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

How America Got Mean

In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.

The Oddball British Comedy Show I Thought I’d Hate (And Learned to Love)

The cult favorite Taskmaster has a nonsensical premise that slowly bowled me over.

The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich

The sun is setting on burger dominance.

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.

SNL Isn’t Really Hot for Your Mom

A raunchy sketch ends up reinforcing the stereotype of mothers as frumpy and sexless.

Trump’s Inevitable Betrayal of His Supporters

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

The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them

You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.