A Crisis Is No Time for Amateurs
The unfolding conflict between Pakistan and India needs to be handled with the utmost care and competence.
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Anne Applebaum on America’s backsliding democracy
The Brands Are Very Sorry About Your Trauma
Why so many companies are inviting people to opt out of Mother’s Day emails
Europeans Have Realized Their Error
The urge to say I told you so is strong these days throughout the Baltics.
What Kind of Questions Did 17th-Century Daters Have?
Advice columns have always appealed to people’s perennial confusion about love and marriage.
How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail
Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.
The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals
They finally got the Democratic Party to listen to them. Then came Trump’s second term.
Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext
The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.
An ‘America First’ Deal With the Houthis
The U.S. has extracted itself from the conflict, not ended it.
‘It’s All Cronyism Going Forward’
A flu researcher the Trump administration elevated to power will now benefit from a massive funding award.
Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks
The president will attend a fundraiser and a performance of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.
Dear James: When My Husband Speaks, My Brain Turns to Mush
Is this a normal marriage thing?
This Conclave Will Be Different
The media have never had so much influence on the men who pick the pope.
How the Best Restaurants Can Make You Feel
Keith McNally’s new memoir is full of revelations, but one stands out: His work is an underrated art form.
Putin’s Bread and Circus Had Bread
If there’s one cue Trump missed from the Russian dictator, it’s never to mess with economic stability.
Elon Musk’s Most Alarming Power Grab
Can anyone stop his space-based internet?
Why Do Collaborators Do It?
In a new novel, Daniel Kehlmann considers why the director G. W. Pabst worked with the Nazis.
Endowments Are Next
Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point.
The Collapse of Feminism
Spice Girls slogans and reality-TV aesthetics: A new book traces how feminism morphed into clickable objectification.
The Missing Branch
In an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.
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