In Praise of ‘Difficult’ Kids
Feisty children can be exhausting. They also possess a moral fire that deserves cultivating.
The Guitar Sounds New Again
The grungy, extraterrestrial “Mk.gee tone” is everywhere and depends on a decades-old device.
An Oligarchy of Old People
How elderly Americans amassed disproportionate wealth and power
The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral
After many decades of democratization, higher education could once again become a luxury good.
Hegseth’s Unholy War
The defense secretary seems less interested in being on the side of God than on insisting that God is on his side.
SpaceX Is Basically a Huge Meme Stock
The company may be losing money, but it will soon be the most expensive big stock in the market.
Sucker
My year as a degenerate gambler
What an Ivy League Education Really Gets You
Economists have a new theory of why graduates of top colleges have so much career success.
Iran Could Speedrun the Vietnamese Path
Let’s hope so.
A Cancer Treatment That Does More Than Scientists Thought
CAR-T cell therapy, originally developed for cancer, is showing ever more promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases.
These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.
The kids are not all right, and frustratingly, we don’t really know how to help them.
The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
It involves 4chan, of all places.
Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.
The 10 Things the Bezoses Are Almost Certainly Grateful for Each Morning
Never mind. We said “money” yesterday.
The Death of Millennial Feminism
Lindy West has unwittingly written the obituary for an era.
The Telepathy Trap
A podcast shows how love divides us.
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