The January 6 Deniers Are Going to Lose
Just look at what happened with the Ku Klux Klan.
Why Are 1 Million People Playing Brotato?
An odd new group of games is challenging the conventions of its industry.
Republicans Are Targeting Drag Shows. This Congressman Loves Them.
Representative Robert Garcia is expanding what it looks like to be gay in Congress.
How Far-Right Movements Die
The decline of the John Birch Society offers possible strategies for containing the MAGA movement.
You Should Be Outraged About Silicon Valley Bank
Average Americans should let their displeasure be known.
The Great Defenders of the Status Quo
Environmental laws are being used to justify oil drilling in Los Angeles, single-family zoning in Minneapolis, and the construction of the border wall.
Make a To-Don’t List
When you’re feeling stuck, focusing on the things you hate can help.
Don’t Be Misled by GPT-4’s Gift of Gab
OpenAI’s new language program reveals a flaw in society’s understanding of “smart.”
What Stanford Law’s DEI Dean Got Wrong
Tirien Steinbach’s approach to a recent free-speech conflict on campus disempowered students.
The Rogue Theory That Gravity Causes IBS
Our bodies are constantly coping with the force. What if that ability can somehow go haywire?
How Please Stopped Being Polite
The phrase if it please you has been shortened and shortened over time—until it’s become more brusque than courteous.
Nora Ephron’s Revenge
What right do women have to tell their side of the story?
‘Financial Regulation Has a Really Deep Problem’
Federal agencies’ assessments of banks’ stability leave a lot out, a former Treasury Department official explains.
The Librarians Are Not Okay
“I’ve been called a pedophile. I’ve been called a groomer. I’ve been called a Communist pornographer.”
Ted Lasso Is No Longer Trying to Feel Good
In the show’s third season, everyone but Ted is on edge.
The Strange Intimacy of New York City
Look at these unfiltered photos of a bygone era. Then look again.
The Defenders of Classical Education Are Destroying It
The Western canon is too diverse to be used as a political pawn.
Mike Pence Is Warning Us About Trump
But we’re too complacent to hear it.
Welcome to the Big Blur
Thanks to AI, every written word now comes with a question.
ChatGPT Changed Everything. Now Its Follow-Up Is Here.
Behold GPT-4. Here’s what we know it can do, and what it can’t.
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