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Why I’m Leaving Pacific Palisades

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

‘I Run the Country and the World’

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

Israel Plunges Into Darkness

What Netanyahu describes as impending victory is a dive into the morass.

How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap

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

AI Is Not Your Friend

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

Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’

Fears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.

How America Got Mean

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

The Aftermath of a Mass Slaughter at the Zoo

Last year, a fox broke into a bird enclosure in D.C. and killed 25 flamingos. The zoo refused to let him strike again.

Now I Know What My Mother Was Saying

I always knew my mother loved me. I didn’t realize the full practical cost of her love until becoming a mother myself.

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?

J. D. Vance’s Very Weird Views About Women

Most people who feel as he does are polite enough to keep it to themselves.

The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History

Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy

Photos of the Week: Mud Race, Met Gala, New Pope

Artistic swimming in Ontario, a bun-scrambling competition in Hong Kong, the Devils and Congos Festival in Panama, and much more

Just Don’t Call Her Unqualified

Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., is a real prosecutor. She’s also a real MAGA partisan.

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.

What Parents of Boys Should Know

Daughters tend to receive higher levels of affection and patience at home than sons. But the sons might need it more.

The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich

The sun is setting on burger dominance.

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

The Great Language Flattening

Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.