DOJ’s Try-Anything Approach
A wide range of last-minute schemes could seed the idea among Trump’s supporters that the election results can’t be trusted.
The Currency of the Journal Article Is Collapsing
As an editor I can say that we are being flooded with AI-assisted work.
The Anger Election’s Final Twist
The anti-corruption message is actually landing.
I Thought I’d Left Authoritarianism Behind
Four decades ago, I escaped Communist Czechoslovakia for America. Now my adopted homeland reminds me of the one that I fled.
Latinos Are Still Swing Voters
Two years after Trump’s second victory, many political observers wrongly see us as one-dimensional actors.
What If He Actually Did It?
I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.
In Praise of ‘Difficult’ Kids
Feisty children can be exhausting. They also possess a moral fire that deserves cultivating.
Fall Is in the Air, Part II
More images of the season, as autumn colors reach their peak and people are out working in fields, going for walks, and taking photographs, while animals migrate or prepare for the winter to come
How American Girl Doll Lost Its Way
At 40, the brand faces a midlife crisis.
The Truth Physics Can No Longer Ignore
The fundamental nature of living things challenges assumptions that physicists have held for centuries.
The Protect College Sports Act Isn’t Enough
A much-hyped piece of legislation is more bark than bite.
The Epstein Spectrum
A moral exercise in a moral desert
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.
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
The Rise of the Tallboy Is a Sign of the Times
America has entered its big-beer era.
Bend It Like Beckham and the Art of Balancing Cultures
When the film debuted 15 years ago, it taught me that shaping a hybrid identity could be a beautiful, inventive, and at times lonely experience.
The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?