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The Great Language Flattening
Chatbots learned from human writing. Now it’s their turn to influence us.
How the U.S. Lost the Canadian Election
Trump’s threats to annex Canada reversed its political trend—but they should not reverse its commitment to free trade.
Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
Signalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.
Marvel Doesn’t Have to Try So Hard
The new film Thunderbolts* understands that bigger does not mean better.
The Tariff Damage That Can’t Be Undone
Nothing here has ended well. In fact, it hasn’t even ended.
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
An Unsustainable Presidency
Nothing about Donald Trump’s first 100 days has been ordinary.
America’s Pro-Disease Movement
How the Trump administration is worsening a public-health crisis
The ‘Profound’ Experience of Seeing a New Color
The ecstasy of “olo”
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.
The Dark Ages Are Back
Americans must insist on academic freedom, or risk losing what makes our nation great.
Six Books You’ll Want to Read Outdoors
Reading has been unfairly maligned as an indoor activity for far too long.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
The Trump Voters Who Like What They See
“Even if they don’t agree with everything he’s doing, he’s doing something.”
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.
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?
Autocracy Crushed My Alma Mater. Then I Got to Columbia.
Smolny College is a warning.
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.
Does Anyone Still Hitchhike?
Traveling by thumb isn’t popular anymore. Some say it should be.