An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
Why I’m Leaving Pacific Palisades
My family survived the fire. We want to rebuild. But another, greater conflagration has enveloped us.
An Eerily Familiar 20th-Century Hoax
What happened when a mega-famous evangelist went missing?
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.
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
Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
And start raising kind ones.
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce
Food safety in America is under attack.
The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
Read The Atlantic’s Interview With Donald Trump
A conversation with the president about executive power, Signalgate, and 24-karat gold
The Court Can’t Think Straight When It Comes to Corruption
Yesterday’s decision demonstrates the justices’ sympathy for their powerful peers.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
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 Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
The Partisan Mind Virus
Dismissing evidence that a politician might be unfit for office is as much a mistake for the right as it was for the left.
The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Congress is trying to preserve the illusion of revenue while cutting taxes.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
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