Trump’s new cologne: Eau de Musk
Melania will probably “move in” to the White House and drop by the capital, looking impervious and gorgeous. But in general, the Slovenian Sphinx is...
The Democratic Blind Spot That Wrecked 2024
Democrats had worried over Biden’s age, but were comforted, in part, by the soft signals he sent that he would serve only one term.
For Older Unmarried Couples, Caregiving Obligations Can Be Murky
The woman’s daughter, who holds her power of attorney, opposes that plan. “She doesn’t like her mother’s gentleman friend, as we call him,” Wells...
How Democrats Helped Trump
It was foreseeable, first, that voters would punish the Biden administration for failing to make a major policy pivot after the midterm elections
Kamala Harris took women for granted
Women were expected to line up in droves, ready to reel in the vote for their designated glass-ceiling-shattering heroine. That, at least, seemed to...
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...
By Firing Gallant, Netanyahu Removes One Threat but Risks Another
The departing minister, Yoav Gallant, had broken with Netanyahu by pressing for a cease-fire with Hamas, saying it was the only way to free dozens of...
Unexplained Enigmas in the Orion Nebula May Be Victims of Stellar...
The JuMBOs suggested something was wrong in our understanding of star and planet formation.