An Unabashedly Intellectual Murder Mystery
Cristina Rivera Garza’s newly translated novel evokes a mixture of numbness and anxiety in the face of incessant violence.
Musk’s Madisonian Insight—And Its Troubling Consequences
The Department of Government Efficiency’s seizure of government databases is not just an act of bureaucratic reorganization. It is an act of constitutional restructuring.
Why 70 Percent of Israelis Want Netanyahu to Resign
The Israeli prime minister ignores the views of the majority of his people.
Water Is Not Political
Gaza is struggling to keep clean water flowing.
Donald Trump, Tesla Salesman
In promoting Elon Musk’s car company, Donald Trump showed just how far he’ll go for his allies.
Elon Musk Looks Desperate
How to lose $148 billion in less than two months
The Man Who Owned 181 Renoirs
Albert Barnes believed in the liberating power of art—but you had to look at it his way.
Bong Joon Ho Will Always Root for the Losers
In his new film, Mickey 17, the director brings his preoccupation with classism to outer space.
The Iranian Dissident Asking Simple Questions
Sadegh Zibakalam is in trouble again for criticizing Iranian foreign policy.
DOGE Is Courting Catastrophic Risk
Musk has turned a dangerously flawed view of “waste” into a philosophy of government.
There’s Nothing Else Like Netflix’s Mo
The Palestinian American sitcom is the first of its kind—and takes its humor very seriously.
Academia Needs to Stick Up for Itself
American higher education would be in a much stronger position today if it had made a proactive case to the public for its own importance—and taken steps to address its very real shortcomings.
Throw Elon Musk Out of the Royal Society
Science has to be able to defend itself.
Don’t Trust the Trumpsplainers
Their efforts to sell some MAGA “grand strategy” dull the pain but dim the brain.
The Whiplash Presidency
The president and his aides are changing their minds at nauseating speed.
ICE Isn’t Delivering the Mass Deportation Trump Wants
The president promised millions of removals, but reality has intervened.
Don’t Invite a Recession In
Chaos, tariffs, and nervous consumers
Anti-Semitism Is Just a Pretext
It’s the Trump administration, not Columbia, that has done nothing to confront anti-Semitism in its own ranks.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
Dear James: I Hate Playing With My Children
And I’m riddled with mom guilt.