How Harris Lost Will Be Her Legacy
Donald Trump was harder to vanquish than so many of us hoped. He won. And today it feels like his brand of identity politics is more audacious than my...
Joan Didion Remains as Elusive as Ever. These Books Want to Fix That.
5 Nov 2024 12:30 AMAnolik orders an Earl Grey tea but furtively sips from a Pepsi she pulls from her purse. On the table: galleys of her new book, “Didion and Babitz,”...
All the Demons Are Here
4 Nov 2024 12:30 AMDonald Trump’s private life is marked by a cascade of sordid episodes. But so is his public life. Trump simply has no character.
China’s latest security target: Halloween partygoers
31 Oct 2024 12:50 AMOfficials there clamped down on Halloween celebrations this year, after many young people turned last year’s festivities into a rare public outlet for...
MAGA unchained in Madison Square Garden
30 Oct 2024 1:10 AMThe event, which featured almost the entire MAGA firmament on a bill that stretched for more than six hours, opened with a set by a Texas comedian and...
How Bad Do You Want It, Ladies?
29 Oct 2024 12:50 AMAre we back to the days of Mars versus Venus? Or did we never leave? It is the ultimate battle of the sexes in the most visceral of elections.
Our robot stories haven’t prepared us for AI
28 Oct 2024 1:00 AMThe boy had a particularly intense relationship with a chatbot named Dany, after Daenerys Targaryen from “Game of Thrones.” He said he was in love...
Biden has a crucial decision to make on Ukraine
28 Oct 2024 12:40 AMThe demands are not in themselves new. The urgency is in the timing: The American election, and what President Joe Biden does before he leaves office,...