J. D. Vance’s Disingenuous Defense of Tucker Carlson
The vice president’s relationship with a conspiracy theorist is, at bottom, a political partnership, not a personal friendship.
Ideas
Why I Want More AI at Dartmouth
Universities that hide from the technology will merely secure their irrelevance.
The Meaning of the Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
Everyone has a theory. But what if this case means nothing at all?
The Dark Side of Mindfulness
A prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her.
‘Everything We Do Matters’
Gloria Steinem on what older people can teach America
Trump’s Antitrust Gambit May Backfire
What the Live Nation case says about the fate of monopolies now
Should We Be Afraid of Our Food?
America’s food-safety system is being methodically dismantled by the Trump administration.
The MAGA Right Is Only Pretending to Be Censored
The conspiracy theory that persists even though no evidence supports it
The Court’s Ballroom Decision Is a Sign of Deeper Problems
The conservative justices have separation of powers exactly backwards.
Trump Meant It Literally When He Said He Was Taking the Oil
The Venezuela operation is the purest distillation of his amoral foreign policy.