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1 The Peculiar Blindness of Experts

Credentialed authorities are comically bad at predicting the future. But reliable forecasting is possible.

David Epstein

2 The Saturday Night Live Finale Was a Mishmash of Everything It Needs to Fix

The send-off to Season 44 might end up functioning as a send-off to a particularly toothless era for the show.

David Sims

3 What Pleases Trump Has the Force of Law

No president I know of has asserted a blanket power to reject any request that doesn’t suit him—until Donald Trump.

Garrett Epps

4 Abolish the Priesthood

To save the Church, Catholics must detach themselves from the clerical hierarchy—and take the faith back into their own hands.

James Carroll

5 Joe Biden’s Bet That 2016 Didn’t Change Everything

In many ways, he’s running the same kind of campaign he would have in a pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era.

Edward-Isaac Dovere

6 I’m the Longest-Serving Republican in the Iowa Legislature, and I’m Switching Parties

There are times when you have to follow the dictates of your conscience. For me, that time has come.

Andy McKean

7 The Merkel Model

The German chancellor has shown how to win and keep power in a man’s world.

Kati Marton

8 An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry

His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage.

David A. GrahamAdrienne GreenCullen MurphyParker Richards

9 A Waste of 1,000 Research Papers

Decades of early research on the genetics of depression were built on nonexistent foundations. How did that happen?

Ed Yong

10 Most American Christians Believe They’re Victims of Discrimination

They say religious discrimination against Christians is as big a problem as discrimination against other groups.

Emma Green

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1 The Peculiar Blindness of Experts

2 The Saturday Night Live Finale Was a Mishmash of Everything It Needs to Fix

3 What Pleases Trump Has the Force of Law

4 Abolish the Priesthood

5 Joe Biden’s Bet That 2016 Didn’t Change Everything

6 I’m the Longest-Serving Republican in the Iowa Legislature, and I’m Switching Parties

7 The Merkel Model

8 An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry

9 A Waste of 1,000 Research Papers

10 Most American Christians Believe They’re Victims of Discrimination

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