What Do You Think of Barry Bonds Now?
He was baseball’s ultimate slugger—and its biggest heel. Two decades after the steroid scandal that upended his career, America still doesn’t know what to do with him.
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
Trump Confronts His Political Reality
The president has entered the lame-duck era of his career.
A Very Trumpian Plan to Close the Wealth Gap
Despite the bombast, the impact of Trump Accounts on the lives of American kids will be trivial.
Finally!! No More Woke Fonts!
Marco Rubio has spoken—get out of here, Calibri!
I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
So are you. Congrats!
How to Be Happy Like Thomas Aquinas
Modern social science finds that the 13th-century theologian’s recipe for “imperfect happiness” turns out to be perfect.
Looking for Signs of a Black Hole
Day 11 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
A Different Kind of Materialism
Tamar Adler’s food writing doubles as a philosophy of kitchen scraps.
When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?
Employer ghosting is on the rise. Now candidates are punching back.
The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book
What an apocalyptic French novel about a migrant invasion reveals about the worldview of nationalist conservatives
The State That Handed Trump His Biggest Defeat Yet
Indiana Republicans overwhelmingly rejected a redistricting plan backed by the president.
Banning AI Regulation Would Be a Disaster
The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.
So This Is What ‘America First’ Looks Like
The practical application of Trump’s isolationism is hardly the big break he promised.
He’s Undocumented. She’s Not.
A young couple decides whether to stay in the U.S.—or leave.
The Media CEOs Jockeying for Trump’s Support
By appearing noncommittal in the fight over Warner Bros., the president is inviting competing bids for his blessing.
How to Stop Trump’s Plan to Steal the 2026 Elections
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman on how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, how he can be stopped, and what can be done to reform America’s electoral system. Plus: David on Trump’s silly award from FIFA.
The New Allowance
As the financial ecosystem has gotten more complex, so have parents’ payments to kids.
Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy
The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.
The Apocalyptic Potential of the Netflix–Warner Bros. Deal
A streaming company buying one of Hollywood’s most storied studios could spell doom for cinemas.