The Happiest Man in Music
Zane Lowe has made a career out of relentless positivity. Is there anything he doesn’t like?
The ‘Filthy Little Slum Child’ Who Remade the American Right
The intellectual world that Norman Podhoretz created
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.
Trump’s ‘Peace President’ Claim Isn’t Holding Up
He wants to be known as a peacemaker, but some of the many conflicts he claims to have resolved stubbornly refuse to stop.
$1,776 Checks for the Military
The president has authorized bonuses for more than 1 million service members.
How Crypto Is Turning America Into a Kleptocracy
The University of Michigan’s Will Thomas on how President Donald Trump is using cryptocurrencies to enrich himself and his allies. Plus: David on the attack at Bondi Beach and lessons on courage from Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim.
Saint Nick’s Dark Companion
Yuletide parades across Europe for Krampus, the demonlike creature who playfully frightens onlookers, looking for naughty children to punish—or to drag back to his lair in a sack
The Roomba Was a Disappointment
The best-known manufacturer of autonomous vacuums declared bankruptcy this week, and no one should be surprised.
Distant Starbursts
Day 17 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Americans Can’t Believe How Rich They Are
The misguided temptation to exaggerate poverty
Democrats Sound Like They’re in Doha
My fellow liberals are wrong about Israel.
Henry James’s Venice Is Still Here
In James’s The Aspern Papers, an American uses “duplicity” to access a palazzo. Fortunately, there are easier ways to discover the writer’s beloved Venice.
The 14 Best TV Shows of 2025
The series that stood out in a year of noise
The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity
While NIH director Jay Bhattacharya focuses on podcasting, his second in command is dramatically remaking the agency.
‘Nobody Knows What to Do About the Future’
Iran is still reeling from the 12-day war, but its politics are locked in stasis.
Trump Still Needs Susie Wiles
The president made clear he supports his chief of staff despite her Vanity Fair comments.
The New ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
What does fentanyl’s reclassification mean for the White House’s renewed War on Drugs?
‘Commuting Is Bad’—Particularly for Women
A growing body of research shows how longer travel times affect moms’ ability to work.
Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying
When a man with the president’s personality feels besieged and abandoned, he becomes more desperate and more dangerous.
Susie Wiles Gets in Trouble for Saying What Everyone Knows
The Trump administration delivers yet more shocks but no surprises.
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