The President’s Busy Holiday
Donald Trump spent the past few weeks doubling down on foreign interventions.
Trump’s ‘Operation Iranian Freedom’
How many foreign wars does the “America First” president intend to start?
A Reading Resolution You Can Keep
Aim to bump older, culturally important, or much-recommended works to the top of your to-be-read list.
What Dante Is Trying to Tell Us
A colloquial translation of Paradiso might make people actually read it.
The People Who Marry Chatbots
A growing community is building a life with large language models.
Albert Einstein’s Brilliant Politics
The physicist fought for the promise of a diverse, meritocratic America. We need his optimism today.
Reading Is a Vice
Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and counterproductive.
One Weird Trick to Feel More Relaxed at Home
It will bring you the most possible peace for the least possible effort.
Trump Almost Has a Point About the Federal Reserve
The central bank has long abused its power in ways that benefit the financial sector at the expense of everyone else.
Just Break Your New Year’s Resolution Now
It might be the best way to succeed in the long run.
The Secret to Loving Winter
Early January can feel like the comedown after too much sparkle. But the calm that follows has its own promise.
Iranians Have Had Enough
The demonstrations erupting across the Islamic Republic reflect deep economic and political discontent.
A Bizarre, Challenging Book More People Should Read
The true pleasure of literature can be found in demanding works such as Your Name Here, by Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff.
The Question-Mark Mayoralty
Zohran Mamdani ran an unabashedly progressive campaign. But how he will govern New York remains something of a mystery.
Six Months Off the Street
An update on Evan from our three-part series No Easy Fix
The Cult of Costco
Its consistency is its superpower.
Facts vs. Clicks: How Algorithms Reward Extremism
Galaxy Brain’s Charlie Warzel joins David Frum to discuss how our online information became so untrustworthy and how we can fight back. Plus: Why America’s Founding Fathers would be appalled by Trump 250 years later, and Edward Berenson’s The Trial of Madame Caillaux.
Five Books About Going Out That Are Worth Staying In For
If you don’t have the energy for New Year carousing, pick up these books instead.
The Holiday Traditions of a Nation Long Dead
Soviet New Years, a ritual that survived the country’s dissolution, may be in danger of slipping away.
The MetroCard Never Got Its Due
A symbol of New York is gone.
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