A Pro-Russia Strongman at Mar-a-Lago
Milorad Dodik, the separatist Bosnian Serb leader, has won MAGA’s favor after a lobbying bonanza.
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.
How American Girl Doll Lost Its Way
At 40, the brand faces a midlife crisis.
The Collapse of Cuba
Hunger. Sickness. Blackouts. Abandoned streets. The withering of the state is shocking to behold.
Foie Gras Is Tearing D.C. Apart
A proposed ban on the delicacy is somehow the most contentious question on the ballot.
Forget Grit
Even the luminaries of the self-help genre have begun to recognize how little in life we can actually control.
What Should You Do With Your Money in the Age of AI?
Financial tips for AI doomers (and accelerationists)
The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?
The Variety Bag Has Ruined Halloween
Corporate consolidation and changing tastes have made kids’ holiday hauls boring.
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.
Is Radicalism the Answer?
The legal scholar Samuel Moyn argues that moderates have given up on the emancipatory promise of liberalism.
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.
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.
Trump Is Closing From Behind
His final plea to voters is not about the issues that matter the most to them.
The Election Lies Are Already Starting on X
No one is ready for what Elon Musk’s platform could look like on Tuesday.
White-Collar Work Is Just Meetings Now
The meeting-industrial complex has grown to the point that communications has eclipsed creativity as the central skill of modern work.
Find the Place You Love. Then Move There.
If where you live isn’t truly your home, and you have the resources to make a change, it could do wonders for your happiness.
The Real Threat of Election Interference
Experts worry that Donald Trump could use claims of foreign meddling as a pretext for seizing control.
Choose Your Overlord
Musk vs. Bezos
Just Noting That Your Candy Corn Is Made of Bug Secretions
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