It’s Not Just Iran. Trump Is Flailing on Multiple Fronts.
The president is on a losing streak, and even some of his aides are dismayed by his choices.
A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America’s Streets
The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric.
I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
Trump’s Latest Meltdown
Attacking the pope was only part of the president’s disturbing night on Truth Social.
Is Anybody Actually Winning Trump’s Iran War?
Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
We Shouldn’t Need Accountants
America’s insane tax-filing process
Critics Love It. But Who Wrote It?
A best-selling novel about disability was written via letter board. Or so the story goes.
Jared Kushner’s Mysterious Role in the Trump Administration
Is the president’s son-in-law carrying out the public’s business or pursuing his own private interests?
A Blasphemous President
Bullying won’t work against a power that has little need to curry favor.
The Paradox of Modern Medicine
Testing has become so advanced that doctors now miss important elements of diagnosis.
What Viktor Orbán’s Opponents Sacrificed to Beat Him
Hungary offers lessons in defeating right-wing populists.
States Are Learning the Wrong Lesson From the ‘Mississippi Miracle’
A phonics-based curriculum is only one part of how Mississippi went from worst to first in education. The other part is much harder to pull off.
The Eighth Deadly Sin
Humankind has devised a new form of debasement.
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.
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
What Does Lena Dunham Want to Tell Us?
Her new memoir captures the cost of being an impossibly popular target.
The Epstein Spectrum
A moral exercise in a moral desert
The High-Risk, Low-Reward Blockade of Hormuz
Americans may not have the stamina for the economic pain and military losses ahead.
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.
An Oligarchy of Old People
How elderly Americans amassed disproportionate wealth and power