What Lies Beneath a “Cordial” Debate
J. D. Vance put a sheen on Trumpism, and Tim Walz’s niceness unwittingly helped him succeed.
J. D. Vance put a sheen on Trumpism, and Tim Walz’s niceness unwittingly helped him succeed.
The vice-presidential candidate’s foes see him as unlikable—but MAGA world sees him as a brainy counterweight to Trump.
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.
Images from the past weekend showing some of the devastation in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee
Many people who take GLP-1 drugs find that their cravings disappear. I went to a Buddhist monastery to try to understand why that doesn’t feel like enlightenment.
In the vice-presidential debate, the Republican claimed that Trump “peacefully gave over power on January 20.”
They’re not making me any healthier or happier.
The climate deck is so stacked now that even places that seem safe are witnessing dangerous impacts.
In the years I worked for him, Jimmy Carter was always the same: disciplined, funny, enormously intelligent, and deeply spiritual.
Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors.
Over the weekend, the former president delivered a series of speeches laced with threats and nearly incomprehensible musings.
If we’re willing to see children terrorized because of a false rumor about Haitian immigrants, we should ask who abducted our conscience, not someone’s pet.
Thirty-four felony convictions. Charges of fraud, election subversion, and obstruction. One place to keep track of the presidential candidate’s legal troubles.
We Live Here Now: A new podcast from The Atlantic. Episode 3.
Hint: It’s not just the screens.
Kris Kristofferson’s songs couched intimate moments in cosmic terms, pushing country in an existentialist direction.
An unexpected status symbol has become a fixture of high-end homes.
In many domains, the conventional wisdom among progressives is mistaken, oversimplified, or based on wishful thinking. The economics of immigration is not one of them.