The Protect College Sports Act Isn’t Enough
A much-hyped piece of legislation is more bark than bite.
Inside the Plan to Send 1,000 DOJ Monitors to the Polls
The Justice Department has assured local officials that monitoring will follow past norms, but election clerks say they have reason to worry.
The Bursting of the Tel Aviv Bubble
The liberal, cosmopolitan side of Israel is facing a moment of truth.
The Currency of the Journal Article Is Collapsing
As an editor I can say that we are being flooded with AI-assisted work.
Foie Gras Is Tearing D.C. Apart
A proposed ban on the delicacy is somehow the most contentious question on the ballot.
A Pro-Russia Strongman at Mar-a-Lago
Milorad Dodik, the separatist Bosnian Serb leader, has won MAGA’s favor after a lobbying bonanza.
Redistricting Isn’t Going as Republicans Planned
A North Carolina Democrat is trying to keep his seat in a district that’s been redrawn twice.
The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?
Trump Is Closing From Behind
His final plea to voters is not about the issues that matter the most to them.
Forget Grit
Even the luminaries of the self-help genre have begun to recognize how little in life we can actually control.
The Variety Bag Has Ruined Halloween
Corporate consolidation and changing tastes have made kids’ holiday hauls boring.
The Collapse of Cuba
Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.
Why I Run
I took up the sport to be like my father. I kept going because he stopped.
Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore
The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.
Is Radicalism the Answer?
The legal scholar Samuel Moyn argues that moderates have given up on the emancipatory promise of liberalism.
What Should You Do With Your Money in the Age of AI?
Financial tips for AI doomers (and accelerationists)
Is There Anything BPC-157 Can’t Cure?
Proponents of the peptide say it can treat gingivitis, runner’s knee, even dementia.
The New Food Movement
Twenty years since my book The Omnivore’s Dilemma was published, America’s food system is still a mess—but there are reasons for optimism.