Hillbilly Excuses
J. D. Vance champions the narrative he once attacked.
Whoops! The Internet Broke.
Massive outages caused by a cloud-computing bug are the new normal.
J. D. Vance’s Empty Nationalism
To believe that “people will not fight for abstractions” is to forget what makes America special.
The Books That Keep Readers Awake at Night
A certain kind of novel can push you to stretch one day into the early hours of the next one.
The Biden Campaign Just Can’t Stop Meme-ing
The president is relentlessly trolling Trump—on Trump’s own social-media site.
This Crew Is Totally Beatable
Democrats just need to believe they can do it.
What the Microsoft Outage Reveals
We discover the fragility of our technological infrastructure only when it’s too late.
The Fakest Populism You Ever Saw
The Trumpian GOP is in a battle over which wealthy faction will win, not a class war.
‘Hillbilly’ Women Will Get No Help From J. D. Vance
He has no business speaking for Kentucky.
It’s Official: The Supreme Court Ignores Its Own Precedent
The Roberts Court has violated its own logic with the ruling on executive immunity. Donald Trump is the beneficiary.
How I Faked My Way to Rock Stardom
In pretending to be John Fogerty, I became myself.
Photos of the Week: Gruffalo Maze, Panama Swing, Luminous Mane
An orangutan rehabilitation center in Borneo, an iceberg-filled fjord in Greenland, scenes from the Republican National Convention, a fire festival in Japan, and much more
The New Trump Is Always the Old Trump
Thursday’s speech was a fitting climax to a confused convention that spun wildly between partisan culture war and appeals to national comity.
More Business Leaders Are Warming to Trump’s Pitch
But adding Vance to the ticket could complicate things.
The Democrats Aren’t Even Trying
They’re acting as if they already lost the election.
Republicans Think They Can Beat Biden, and Harris, and Whitmer, and Newsom
They’re not worried.
Trump Signals Weakness to Xi Jinping
He’s all but said he wouldn’t defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion. What else would he give up to Beijing?
‘I Think It’s Happening’
The lone senator who has called on Biden to withdraw is growing confident that the president will leave the race.
The End of Biden’s Candidacy Approaches
Democratic leadership is making a more concerted effort to push him from the race.
Elephants Are Doing Something Deeply Human
They’re part of a growing list of animals that use namelike calls.