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.
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.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
Retirement Is the New Resistance
The Democrats waging war on their gerontocracy
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.
A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
Would you raise kids with your best pals?
‘I Run the Country and the World’
Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.
Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu
Most Israelis want to end the war, but their prime minister does not.
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.
An Old-School Pitching Coach Says I Told You So
Leo Mazzone was right about the undue focus on pitch velocity.
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.
Something Alarming Is Happening to the Job Market
A new sign that AI is competing with college grads
How Part-Time Jobs Became a Trap
For millions of American low-wage workers today, the problem is not overwork—it’s underwork.
The Golden Age of the Fried-Chicken Sandwich
The sun is setting on burger dominance.
We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and grift
How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn’t working. We need something new.
The Crisis of American Leadership Reaches an Empty Desert
Photographs from the humanitarian disaster in Sudan and Chad
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.
Why I’m Leaving Pacific Palisades
My family survived the fire. We want to rebuild. But another, greater conflagration has enveloped us.