The Olympics Could Have Avoided the Ugly Boxing Debate
Questions about unfair advantage won’t just go away.
Photos of the Week: Swimming Elephant, Long Table, Bookstore Maze
Skateboarding and steeplechase at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart at a dressage event, a traditional mask festival in Benin, and much more
Sorry, Richard Nixon
The Watergate scandal forced his resignation 50 years ago. Today, he’d probably have gotten away with it.
The Dueling Vice-Presidential Campaigns
So far, Tim Walz and J. D. Vance are using two very different modes of attack.
Olympics Photo of the Day: A Steep Climb
British sport climber Molly Thompson-Smith hangs on by her fingertips.
More People Should Be Talking About IVF the Way Tim Walz Is
Reproductive rights are almost always framed as a women’s issue. Walz reminds us that they affect men too.
Photos: One Year After the Lahaina Fire
Recent images from Maui, where recovery continues and efforts to rebuild are underway
Boeing Has Created the Flight Delay to End All Flight Delays
Boeing sent two NASA astronauts to space for eight days. They could be there for eight months.
The Case for Choosing Death, Not Immortality
Everybody dies, everybody ages, and everybody obsesses over our only common fate.
How to Make #MeToo Offenders Pay
Those who accuse powerful people of sexual harassment and abuse need to be better protected from retaliatory lawsuits.
The Summer Olympics Can’t Keep Up This Speed
The heat will continue to rise and slow athletes down.
The Crybaby Olympics
Sports have always had sore losers. But based on this year’s Games, athletes seem to be getting worse at losing well.
The Post-liberal Catholics Find Their Man
As vice president, J. D. Vance would elevate their disdain for American liberalism to the highest levels of government.
The Best Therapy for Our Anxiety Epidemic
Solutions to the mental-health crisis striking young people in particular are within reach.
An Intoxicating 500-Year-Old Mystery
The Voynich Manuscript has long baffled scholars—and attracted cranks and conspiracy theorists. Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.
The Drug That Could Help End the Opioid Epidemic
One medication has the potential to drastically reduce the number of deaths involving opioids. Yet few people are taking it. Why?
How to Fix the Secret Service Before It Fails Again
The agency suffers from a classic Washington problem—it’s been tasked with doing too much.
The GOP Is a Messy Soap Opera Right Now
And J. D. Vance’s staff needs to take his phone away.
Olympics Photo of the Day: An Emotional Finish
The Spanish race-walker Maria Perez celebrates at the finish line.
Dad Is on the Ballot
A nation turns its lonely eyes to the guy manning the grill.