Terrorism Roars Back in Pakistan, 10 Years After a Campaign to End It
The brutal assault on the school in Peshawar led to rare political unity in support of a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy for Pakistan and a...
Done with never Trump
20 Dec 2024Could his second term be as bad as his most fervent critics fear? Yes. Is it time to drop the heavy moralizing and incessant doomsaying that typified...
The First New Foreign Policy Challenge for Trump Just Became Clear
19 Dec 2024There is no country in the Middle East that explodes more than Syria. Whatever happens in Syria will not stay in Syria.
The Extremely Offline Joy of the Board Game Club
19 Dec 2024Staring down an epidemic of loneliness, people in their 20s and 30s are gathering to play chess, backgammon and mahjong in hopes that old-fashioned...
The Great Capitulation
18 Dec 2024He’s pledged a million-dollar donation to Trump’s inauguration, as did OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos’ company Amazon, which will also stream...
Would You Buy a Perfume You Had Never Smelled?
18 Dec 2024Undeniably, their perfumes are made and sold in a manner far different from a fragrance you might pick out at a department store or at Sephora. Ffern,...
It’s Going to Be Normal to Have Extreme Beliefs
17 Dec 2024In the wake of Thompson’s violent death, a seeming 21st-century analog to the “propaganda of the deed” favored by some late 19th- and early...
Where beards grow, strong feelings follow
13 Dec 2024The heir to the British throne debuted the beard in August, with an Instagram post congratulating Team Britain on their success at the Olympics.