We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
The Key to Critical Self-Awareness
The ancient-Greek commandment Know thyself turns out to be a great modern way to become happier, more empathetic, and more successful.
Who Gets Panzer Tattooed on Their Arm?
The ink that tells the story of Trump’s second term
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
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.
Trump’s Hollow Defense of Tariffs
His usual marketing savvy is nowhere to be seen.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
Lighthouse Parents Have More Confident Kids
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles in support of an immoral and dangerous president?
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Smolny College is a warning.
Everything Is the ‘Twitter Files’ Now
The State Department is using Elon Musk’s playbook.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
Fox and Frenemy
Trump may lash out at the network. But the two will always make up.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
What the Longest Study on Human Happiness Found Is the Key to a Good Life
The Harvard Study of Adult Development has established a strong correlation between deep relationships and well-being. The question is, how does a person nurture those deep relationships?
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.