The International Criminal Court’s Folly
The high aspirations with which the tribunal was founded should not shield it from the consequences of its decision to pursue other agendas.
This Is What Happens to All the Stuff You Don’t Want
I ventured into the belly of the holiday-returns beast.
Trump’s Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal
Economists aren’t telling the whole truth about tariffs.
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had’
The Republican nominee’s preoccupation with dictators, and his disdain for the American military, is deepening.
The Painful Reality of Loving a Conspiracy Theorist
What do you do when a family member falls for QAnon?
Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
Five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math
On D-Day, the U.S. Conquered the British Empire
On June 6, 1944, the British found themselves suddenly and irrevocably overtaken by their former colony.
How to Be Your Best Despite the Passing Years
There is no age or time of life that isn’t still an opportunity for personal progress.
Scientists Found Ripples in Space and Time. And You Have to Buy Groceries.
We’ve just learned that the whole universe is humming around us. Now what?
Best Part of the Pie
Dear Therapist: No One Wants to Host My In-Laws for the Holidays
My husband’s parents are divorcing, and they are worried about being alone.
My Family’s Slave
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
Three Ways to Handle an Awkward Thanksgiving
Even if you’re sitting down with a boorish uncle or a snippy cousin, you can do things to make the occasion a happy one.
Photos of the Week: Bomb Cyclone, Rainbow Hills, Park Hawk
Christmas decorations in England, a virtual taekwondo championship in Singapore, a mummified saber-toothed tiger cub in Russia, a new volcanic eruption in Iceland, and much more
Thanksgiving Should Be in October
A modest proposal for fixing the back-to-back-holiday crunch
Why We Need Civics
We’re failing to teach what it means to be American.
Best of How To: Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
The Perfect Man Who Wasn’t
For years he used fake identities to charm women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then his victims banded together to take him down.
An Intoxicating 500-Year-Old Mystery
The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.