What a 16-Year-Old Doesn’t Yet Know
Cher’s memoir is a valuable document of a young girl thrust into the adult world.
Pam Bondi’s Comeback
In 2017, Pam Bondi was passed over as too scandal-tainted. This time, she’s the safe, acceptable fallback choice.
Photos of the Week: Bomb Cyclone, Rainbow Hills, Park Hawk
Christmas decorations in England, a virtual taekwondo championship in Singapore, a mummified saber-toothed tiger cub in Russia, a new volcanic eruption in Iceland, and much more
The Case Against Spinning Off Chrome
There are better ways to address Google’s dominance.
A Good Country’s Bad Choice
And what I got wrong about the 2024 election
The Trump-Trumpist Divide
The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced.
Trump Wants to Have It Both Ways on Education
He says he wants to give power back to the states, but has also signaled his intention to align American schools with his own cultural agenda.
One Food to Change the World
The bean has the potential to remake American diets, but it has an image problem.
Trump’s First Defeat
Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered for attorney general.
The Celebrity Look-Alike Contest Boom
Suddenly, these events are everywhere. What’s going on?
Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth considers himself to be at war with basically everybody to Trump’s left, and it is by no means clear that he means war metaphorically.
Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.
Trump Is Building the Most Anti-Semitic Cabinet in Decades
Donald Trump has vowed to “defeat anti-Semitism.” His Cabinet picks tell a very different story.
In Search of a Faith Beyond Religion
Scholastique Mukasonga’s Sister Deborah suggests that some people must look outside the traditional bounds of Christianity to find true spiritual freedom.
Cher Has a History Lesson for Us All
The singer has long stood for a brassy, strutting kind of survival. Her new account of her early life explains how that came to be.
The Most Coveted Screenshot in the Literary World
It’s what proves you’re a “real” writer.
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
Why Oz Is the Doctor Trump Ordered
Nothing about Trump 2.0 is mere bluster.
What the Men of the Internet Are Trying to Prove
Jake Paul is an emblem of a generation starving for purpose while gorging on spectacle.
Another Theory of the Trump Movement
Who else but Sigmund Freud to help explain?