The Protect College Sports Act Isn’t Enough
A much-hyped piece of legislation is more bark than bite.
Culture
Can You See What Holds This Painting Together?
With his sly, vacant images, Roy Lichtenstein explored the distance that technology created between us and reality.
An SNL Sketch to Make Airlines Feel Ashamed
There’s a lot to worry about while flying. Add terrible passengers to the list.
The Rise of the Tallboy Is a Sign of the Times
America has entered its big-beer era.
The Internet Is in Crisis
For 15 minutes, the celebrity-gossip blogger Perez Hilton livestreamed his violent self-harm without anyone intervening.
Bring Back the Blue-Book Exam
The humble booklet is more than just a last redoubt against cheating. Staring down its empty pages, students discover what they’re capable of as writers and thinkers.
Icarus in the Faculty Lounge
The Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s unlikely ascent has come to a tragic end.
One Surprising Thing About The Odyssey—Its Rating
The U.S. is a relative outlier in keeping Christopher Nolan’s movie away from younger audiences.
Do Not Paint Granite!
The latest Trump renovation project would violate a basic rule of building maintenance.
A Biopic That Ends Right When It’s Getting Started
A new film about Anthony Bourdain uses its subject to examine how a young person comes to love cooking.
The Catholic Church’s New Schism
The Vatican excommunicated 700 arch-traditionalist bishops and priests—a rupture that touches on broader disputes in the Church today.
One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It.
Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.
What if Freud Was Right?
A neuroscientist dares to argue that old-fashioned psychoanalysis holds the key to curing mental illness.
The Great Romance Slump
Why are so few young people finding love?