Trump’s ‘Operation Iranian Freedom’
How many foreign wars does the “America First” president intend to start?
Ideas
The People Who Marry Chatbots
A growing community is building a life with large language models.
Reading Is a Vice
Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.
Britain Should Have Read the Tweets First
The case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah is a test of Britain’s values.
The Show Won’t Go On
President Trump’s threats against artists who decline to perform at the renamed Kennedy Center are ultimately hollow.
The Podcast ‘Productivity’ Trap
Maybe don’t fill every available silence with the sound of people talking.
The Problem With Letting AI Do the Grunt Work
Artificial intelligence is destroying the career ladder for aspiring artists.
Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power
The Constitution inarguably applies to federal immigration agents—but the Supreme Court has taken away the hope of ever holding them to that standard.
Mary Todd Lincoln, Taken Out of Context
The challenge of staging Oh, Mary! for a British audience
The Slow, Inevitable Death of the Bowl Game
For college-football fans, the playoffs are now everything.