The Father-Daughter Routine That Transformed Our Family Life
In my household, Saturday is “Dad-urday.”
The Rolling Stones Play Zydeco
How the legendary rock band discovered the music of Clifton Chenier
The World’s Hardest Bluffing Game
Why are some Iraqis so good at figuring out when a person is lying?
Bill Cassidy Blew It
The senator failed America on vaccines.
The Shame of Trump’s Parade
Today’s events are another step in an ongoing effort to turn the U.S. military into a partisan—and personal—instrument of the president.
Inside the Democratic Rupture That Undermined Kamala Harris’s Presidential Hopes
In the weeks before Election Day, it seemed like the candidate had two campaigns.
The Power of One Push-Up
Several simple ways of measuring a person’s health might matter more than body weight.
What Happened to American Childhood?
Too many kids show worrying signs of fragility from a very young age. Here’s what we can do about it.
The Cowardice of Live-Action Remakes
The new takes on How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch refuse to commit to any significant changes.
End the Phone-Based Childhood Now
The environment in which kids grow up today is hostile to human development.
The Type of Love That Makes People Happiest
When it comes to lasting romance, passion has nothing on friendship.
A PTSD Therapy ‘Seemed Too Good to Be True’
What if overcoming trauma can be painless?
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
Stephen Miller Triggers Los Angeles
The protesters gathered in downtown L.A. are a microcosm of the Democratic coalition that has dominated the city for decades.
Inside America’s Death Chambers
What years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption
Dare to Act Differently and Be Happier
What seems the safe option is not necessarily the best one in challenging times.
This Is the Way a World Order Ends
Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.
The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong
Cosmologists are fighting over everything.
Where Is Barack Obama?
The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement.
An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris
My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.