The Anniversary I Wish I Didn’t Share With My Husband
What September 11 took from me
Ideas
Mothers for Sale
Most of Europe bans commercial surrogacy. The United Nations likens it to slavery. But in the United States, business is booming.
When Mothers Get Arrested for Mothering
Raising independent kids shouldn’t be this hard.
The Myth of Perfect Knowledge
Science will never be able to give a completely objective description of the world. That should make us humbler—and wiser.
Voters Have a Message for Democrats
What I learned from 400 focus groups
The 24-Year-Old Who Lost Billions
Leo Aschenbrenner claimed to know the future of AI.
Will Taiwan Just Give Up?
The Taiwanese don’t trust Trump, and they don’t believe America will come to their defense. A deal with China is starting to look inevitable.
What’s the Matter With Moderation?
Hoping to break a 94-year losing streak, Kansas Democrats have turned to Adam Hamilton, a Methodist pastor whose mood may not match his party’s.
AI Is Already Changing What It Means to Be Human
As we learn to think more and more highly of the bots, we will learn to think less and less highly of our fellow humans.
Japan’s Strategic Turn
The country is taking once-unthinkable steps to ensure its own defense.