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The Global Temperature Just Went Bump

We’re just sticking a toe into the climatic realm of the previous interglacial period, not living in it—yet.

J. D. Vance Served in the Marines. Will It Matter in November?

His veteran status could be an advantage for the GOP—unless he trumpets his years of service too much.

OopsGPT

OpenAI just announced a new search tool. Its demo already got something wrong.

The Last Time a President Dropped Out of the Race

Lyndon B. Johnson faced a badly divided nation and knew he couldn’t be the one to heal it.

Kamala Harris Is Not ‘Totally Against the Jewish People’

But that’s what Trump is claiming.

The Devil’s Bargain of Sports Betting

Gambling makes money for sports. But what does it cost athletes and fans?

Why Some Republicans Can’t Resist Making Vile Attacks on Harris

The offensive is an expression of the GOP’s values and its policy agenda, which, for this brief moment, is on display in all its ugliness.

These Millennials Can’t Get Out of Their Head

In Halle Butler’s new novel, young people won’t stop pathologizing others—or themselves.

The Prosecutor vs. the Felon

Kamala Harris is finally embracing her law-enforcement record, though Republicans see it as a vulnerability.

What the Kamala Harris Doubters Don’t Understand

Barstool punditry has its blind spots.

What Biden Didn’t Say

“It’s about you,” the president declared in his speech last night. But for a long time, it was about him.

Poor Black Kids Are Doing Better. Poor White Kids Are Doing Worse.

A major study reports good and bad news.

The Dramatic Contrast of Biden’s Last Act

In his address to explain why he was relinquishing power, the president marked himself as a modern Cincinnatus—and his Republican rival as a new Catiline.

J. D. Vance’s Insult to America

My dad came here for a reason, and it wasn’t the dirt of a graveyard.

Evan Gershkovich’s Soviet-Era Show Trial

Putin’s security service is reviving pressure tactics from a terrible past.

Inside U.S. Cricket’s Shocking Victory

How an American team of retreads, castoffs, and one software engineer took down a dominant world power

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Five Principles of Personal Freedom

The Russian writer’s work might not be everyone’s idea of lightness and joy. But look within and you shall find.

Biden Made a Healthy Decision

Difficult conversations about a person’s decline—even in private—are still too rare in American life.

The Great Manliness Flip-Flop

When it comes to masculinity, Republicans have become everything they once accused Democrats of being.

NASA Should Ditch the Spin

Americans deserve more transparency about Boeing’s space-debut debacle.