Crypto Money Still Matters for the Midterms
admin The industry is a surprising top spender in the races.
September 2026
The Meaning of the Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
Everyone has a theory. But what if this case means nothing at all?
Stop Calling AI Companies ‘Labs’
The term lends an air of scientific rigor to what are really billion-dollar corporations.
What Tech Titans Don’t Understand About Sci-Fi
The genre frequently exposes the rot within supposedly perfect futures.
Why So Many Men Are Unraveling
The disinhibited men looking for purpose in all the wrong places
OpenAI Wants to Talk About The Federalist Papers
The AI giant is worried about what all-powerful bots could mean for our constitutional rights.
Hollywood’s Franchise Obsession Has Come for Indie Movies
The new film <em>Onslaught</em> suggests that everyone is itching for sequels—and not to viewers’ benefit.
Introducing: The Permanent Questions With David Brooks
Conversations from the deep end
When Meditation Makes You Feel Worse
A prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her.
Photos of the Week: Nomad Games, Pushkin Puppet, Lunar Simulation
A 90-year-old bodybuilding champion in Japan, a memorial for King Harald V of Norway, a kite festival in Indonesia, a…