Endowments Are Next
Taxing endowments is likely to weaken elite institutions, not fix them. That’s the point.
Ideas
Harvard Begins to Confront Its Anti-Semitism Problem
A 300-page report makes for dismal reading.
How to Prepare for the Trumpcession
I don’t know what’s happening, but I’m stocking up on ibuprofen.
The Destruction of the Department of Justice
When people at the department embrace Trump’s scorn for the law, the law, as a practical limitation on government action, ceases to exist.
Donald Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Innovations
Deporting illegal immigrants is lawful. Imprisoning them in El Salvador makes a mockery of the Eighth Amendment.
We’ve Been Thinking About Love All Wrong
What illness taught me about true friendship
Universities Deserve Special Standing
A good life and a good society require an ongoing search for understanding and knowledge.
A White House Briefing Straight From North Korea
How MAGA influencers have reshaped the press corps
A Witch Hunt at the State Department
Trump’s commissars are looking for ideological enemies.
Why Are Young People Everywhere So Unhappy?
Here’s the answer to that—and what we can do about it.