The AI Companies Trying to Make Grief Obsolete
You can buy an AI version of your lost loved one. But should you?
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Ammon Bundy Is All Alone
The anti-government militia leader can’t make sense of his allies’ support for ICE violence.
Trump’s Fed-Chair Pick Is an Interest-Rate Hawk—Or Is He?
Kevin Warsh’s views on monetary policy may be shaped less by real economic conditions than by whether a Democrat or Republican is in power.
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
Katie Miller Makes a Classic Error
Does she oppose Enlightenment virtues, as her X posts suggest? Or is she just confused?
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
The Three Lessons of Minneapolis
What happened in the city is important, and won’t be forgotten.
What Tearing Down Housing Projects Did for Kids
Bringing rich and poor together has major benefits.
Whatever This Is, It Is Not Strategy
Defending the nation will take more than sycophancy, slurs, and slop.
A Breakdown of the American Idea
The country’s founding principles will survive only if the public remains willing to fight for them.