From the daily newsletter: recession indicators are everywhere; and why the Supreme Court misunderstands Trump.

The memes responding to Trump’s seesawing tariff policy hint at a collective psychological state.

My hair is parted to the side—it looks so nerdy parted in the middle! I know I’m still dating myself, but what do I care? At ...

More precise names for the “Personal Life” section on Wikipedia. Tough-guy things I can do because I don’t wear a face mask.

The philosopher and biographer analyzes works of life-writing that straddle fact and fiction, and what makes them art.

Universities are accustomed to acquiescing to the government, but Trump made Harvard an offer it couldn’t not refuse.

A legal scholar argues that the judiciary’s “passive-aggressive approach” to the Trump Administration is doomed to fail.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the largest deposits on Earth. Its President wants to sell them—and win a ...

People who love Phish do so with a quasi-religious devotion. People who dislike Phish do so with an equal fervor.

Last year, for my birthday, my wife gave me a copy of “ I Remember ,” an unusual memoir by the artist Joe Brainard. It’s a ...

By defying the Justices’ ruling on a man mistakenly sent to El Salvador, the Administration has shown that it is not owed the ...

Aimee Semple McPherson took to the radio to spread the Gospel, but her mysterious disappearance cast a shadow on her ...