The Polls Are Sending Trump a Message
The president is eager to blame the messenger. But his real problem is the numbers themselves.
Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?
Benson Boone has charmed his way to the top—and that really seems to bother some people.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning
Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
Why Trump Is Giving Putin Everything He Wants
If the U.S. president holds all the cards, why hasn’t he won any concessions from Russia?
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’
The federal government’s dysfunction leaves immigrant-friendly cities feeling overwhelmed.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
A New Sign That AI Is Competing With College Grads
Higher ed doesn’t confer the same labor advantages that it did 15 years ago.
Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem
If the bullying of Jewish students had happened to any other group, the institution would be appalled.
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
How Progressives Froze the American Dream
The U.S. was once the world’s most geographically mobile society. Now we’re stuck in place—and that’s a very big problem.