Culture
Don’t Burn Down Harvard
Conservatives can't ignore the failures of elite universities—nor can they simply destroy them.
Why You Can Bank on the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2024
The team’s offseason spending spree highlights baseball’s absurd payroll disparities.
Presidents Day, Meet Black History Month
Remembering an exchange between George Washington and the poet Phillis Wheatley.
Apple’s Vision Pro Doesn’t Augment Reality—It Sacrifices It
This is not a medium for serious, adult human interaction.
Can People Be Persuaded to ‘Get Married’?
Brad Wilcox’s new book wagers that a marriage-skeptical culture can see the upshots of tying the knot.
Tony Soprano: Father, Killer
On its 25th anniversary, a look at how an episode of ‘The Sopranos’ managed to both relate with and repel its audience.
Politics Wasn’t Meant to be Loved
On Valentine’s Day, consider how curiosity, friendship, and beauty can curb an obsession with politics.
A Shepherd of Wolves
Our sacralizing tendency assimilates every issue into a spiritualized conflict of visions that is ultimately not about policy but about identity.
‘Mean Girls’ and the Evolution of Girlhood
The recent reboot lets a different protagonist tell a new coming-of-age story.
Victimhood via Footnote
The emerging ‘citational justice’ movement in academia is an affront to critical thinking.
The Problem With Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Comeback
The timeslot might be the same, but the political comedy landscape has changed dramatically.
‘Groundhog Day,’ a Parable
Every generation is a Phil Connors, tasked with figuring out the right way to live.
Look What You Made Me Do
On being compelled to write about Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and ‘psy ops.’