The Searchers

Dave Eggers on NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab

By Dave EggersSeptember 17, 2024

As ISIS rebuilds in Syria, the U.S. is making a bewildering call

A hasty and reckless retreat in the region will only embolden a resurgence of the terrorist group.

By Charles Lister and Joseph L. VotelSeptember 17, 2024

Protect Trump, whatever the cost

Congress should give the Secret Service all the resources it needs.

By Ro KhannaSeptember 16, 2024

Rereading, with trepidation, the fiction I loved long ago

In college, I was floored by Lawrence Durrell’s “Alexandria Quartet.” Did I dare return to it, decades later?

By Keith GoldsmithSeptember 16, 2024

Decades later, string theory continues its march toward Einstein’s dream

Why we must keep investigating physics’ most tantalizing theory — even without experimental results.

By Brian GreeneSeptember 16, 2024

Paris overturned the Olympics’ Nazi traditions. L.A. 2028 can follow its example.

The Nazis used the 1936 Games as a propaganda tool. Paris upended that history.

By Trisha Urmi Banerjee and Nathaniel ZetterSeptember 16, 2024

HBO’s ‘Succession’ has its anxiety-inducing successor. It’s addictive.

“Industry” is the feel-bad show of the year. What does it say about us that we can’t stop watching?

By Brendon HolderSeptember 13, 2024

Palestinian prime minister: A day-after plan for Gaza

The path forward won’t be easy. But it is within reach.

By Mohammad MustafaSeptember 12, 2024

The hidden reason many governments may be moving capital cities

Some countries are moving their capitals. Are they trying to hide from public and media scrutiny?

By Filipe CampanteSeptember 12, 2024

America first? Or the United States as the leader of the free world?

Returning Congress to the center of the decision-making process would restore stability to U.S. foreign policy.

By H.W. BrandsSeptember 12, 2024

Make mass school shootings a federal crime

For the bureau to investigate, there must be a potential federal crime or threat to national security.

By Paul SternSeptember 11, 2024

The sentinel

Casey Cep on Ronald E. Walters of the National Cemetery Administration.

By Casey CepSeptember 10, 2024

How the psychology of political division could lead us out of it

Studies suggest that people who empathize during disagreement are better able to persuade others.

By Jamil Zaki and Luiza SantosSeptember 10, 2024

History’s ‘worst novelist,’ or artful troll?

Mark Twain and J.R.R. Tolkien mocked Amanda M. Ros, but I think she knew exactly what she was doing.

By Andrew DoyleSeptember 10, 2024

How to stop rogue states like Russia from interfering in our politics

Why meddling in one democracy’s politics should be considered an attack on all democracies’ politics.

By Richard FontaineSeptember 10, 2024

Beijing set out to destroy U.S. economic supremacy. It’s nearing its target.

China has made giant strides toward its goal of technological dominance. The U.S. must not be complacent about the most advanced adversary we have ever faced.

By Marco RubioSeptember 9, 2024

My mom had a brilliant life. I couldn’t write about it until her death.

My mom, a pioneer in contemporary quilting, was brilliant and unpredictable.

By Emily McDowellSeptember 9, 2024

JD Vance isn’t wrong about the value of family caregivers

JD Vance suggests grandma and grandpa can solve the child-care crisis.

By Elliot HaspelSeptember 8, 2024

Volkswagen’s woes and Germany’s decline

German politicians will have to reckon with decades of bad decisions — and adjust course fast.

By Katja HoyerSeptember 6, 2024

Remember Pamela Harriman? You’re looking at her Democratic Party.

The revered power broker shaped politics on two continents over her 50-year reign as kingmaker.

By Sonia PurnellSeptember 6, 2024