Tesla Needs a Better Story
The car company’s fortunes are riding on Elon Musk’s future.
Ideas
How to Avoid the Creative-Narcissist Trap
Artists can be self-obsessed jerks. But you can get in touch with your artistic side without falling into that trap.
The Death of Scandal
Shocking revelations often used to lead to meaningful governmental reforms. But not in the age of Donald Trump.
‘Competence Is Controversial’
Meet the strictest headmistress in Britain
Musk’s Madisonian Insight—And Its Troubling Consequences
The Department of Government Efficiency’s seizure of government databases is not just an act of bureaucratic reorganization. It is an act of constitutional restructuring.
Academia Needs to Stick Up for Itself
American higher education would be in a much stronger position today if it had made a proactive case to the public for its own importance—and taken steps to address its very real shortcomings.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
The Way of the Gun
Death by firing squad has come back to America.
The Only Question Trump Asks Himself
Trump does not do “policy” as Washington understands that term. His approach is personal, transactional, ad hoc, and episodic.
Europe Can’t Trust the U.S. Anymore
One Trump administration was a mistake; two Trump administrations will be read, correctly, as a divergence that can never be repaired.