A Different Way to Think About Medicine’s Most Stubborn Enigma
A new book shows that dementia isn’t just a loss, and memory is much more than recollection.
Is the AfD Too Extreme for Democracy?
Germany's far-right party hates immigration, and some of its leaders have a disturbing tendency to say things that sound Nazi-curious.
The Wrong Way to Motivate Your Kid
When children fall short, many parents’ instinct is to take away something they love. That’s the wrong impulse.
ChatGPT Turned Into a Studio Ghibli Machine. How Is That Legal?
Three possible arguments against the tech company
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
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
What the U.K. Deal Reveals About Trump’s Trade Strategy
The United States is settling for a tiny fraction of what it could have achieved through traditional free-trade agreements.
Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu
Most Israelis want to end the war, but their prime minister does not.
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
Who Counts as Christian?
A new initiative will necessitate that the Trump administration makes difficult judgment calls about the faith.
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
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.
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.
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.