The Atlantic’s crossword puzzle gets a little more challenging every day, with the biggest puzzle on Sunday.
Colonizing the red planet is a ridiculous way to help humanity.
Shannon StironeIt’s not just one problem—and we’re going to need a portfolio of approaches to solve it.
Derek ThompsonThe GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.
Tom NicholsAdam Kinzinger says he’ll fight to take his party back from Donald Trump.
Peter WehnerA global pandemic doesn’t give us cause to treat the aged callously.
Shai HeldSide effects are just a sign that protection is kicking in as it should.
Katherine J. WuChloé Zhao’s Oscar contender about one woman’s itinerant life speaks volumes about this country’s myths of self-sufficiency.
David SimsWe’ll never know for sure how contagious people are after they’re vaccinated, but we do know how they should act.
James HamblinAn uncertain spring, an amazing summer, a cautious fall and winter, and then, finally, relief.
Joe Pinsker