Kamala Harris and the Election of Laughter and Forgetting
The surreal fiction of Czech dissident Milan Kundera can help us understand our own truth-bending politics, argues Eli Lake.
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How Did Planned Parenthood Become One of the Country’s Largest Suppliers of Testosterone?
When she was a teenager, Cristina Hineman started testosterone after a 30-minute consult at Planned Parenthood. She’s now suing them. ‘I regretted everything.’
In This Michigan Town, the Mayor Was a Dog. Now, They’ve Elected a Horse
A small town has never elected a mayor with opposable thumbs. But is it ready for a new kind of four-legged leader? Eric Spitznagel reports from Omena, Michigan.
TGIF: To the Window, to the Walz
Kamala picks the coach. Cori goes out screaming. Trump goes berserk. RFK Jr. and the tale of the bear. The GLAAD CEO lives large. And much, much more.
What the Childless Among Us Leave Behind
The history of human achievement is, in part, a history of cat ladies and cat dudes, staking their lives on a dream bigger than themselves.
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Tim Walz Is No Radical
The Democratic Party has been tagged—not wrongly—as a party of elites. Tim Walz is not that kind of Democrat, argues Joe Nocera.
The British Establishment Refused to Talk About Migration. Now We’re Paying the Price.
Failing to acknowledge the issues has led to chaos in the UK, writes former minister and conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi.
America the Weird
John Adams was an abolitionist when slavery was the norm and a self-taught Hindu scholar. In other words, like the greatest Americans, he was a total weirdo.
How Did Walz Win Kamala’s Veepstakes?
The Minnesota governor is a folksy progressive and a good soldier. And Josh Shapiro may be too ambitious to accept second place, reports Salena Zito.
How Rednecks Like Me Hear J.D. Vance
I grew up ‘white trash.’ I’d never air out my family’s dirty laundry like Trump’s veep pick, writes River Page.
America Is Ready for a Jewish Veep. The Democrats Aren’t.
Josh Shapiro is the most qualified person to help the Dems win. There was only one problem.
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On the Appalachian Trail, I Fell in Love With America
After graduating high school during Covid, it was hard to see a path. That’s when I decided to hike 2,193 miles.
Do You Want a ‘Friend’ Who’s ‘Always Listening’?
This AI necklace for lonely millennials is ‘creepy as hell.’
Teenage Girls Need Judy Blume More Than Ever
In the seventies, nobody told girls what growing up was like. Now, we just tell girls it’s horrible.
Niall Ferguson: Welcome to Pandemonium
What the hell just happened to the market? This wasn’t the reaction to an underwhelming U.S. jobs report. This is something bigger.
Are We Thinking Ourselves Sick?
A new movie, ‘Thank You for Sharing,’ explores the boom in mental health care, and asks why we’re all still so miserable despite it.
‘It’s Not Fair! It’s Not Fair!’
Female boxer quits fight after 46 seconds in shocking Olympic scene.
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Twelve Murdered Children—and a Middle East on the Brink
By doing everything possible to avoid conflict with Iran, the White House has emboldened the Iranian proxy system now attacking Israel from all directions.
Daniel Pearl’s Father: KSM Deserves the Death Penalty
‘A new trial should start with a new charge for the murder of my son.’
Two Assassinations and a Transformed War
Israel just took out Hamas and Hezbollah leaders deep inside enemy territory. Now Iran is threatening to retaliate. What comes next?
The Conflict in the Middle East Is About One Thing: Iran.
Journalist Haviv Rettig Gur joins Bari Weiss on Honestly as the war between Israel and Hezbollah heats up.
Israel Killed 31 of My Family Members in Gaza. The Pro-Palestine Movement Isn’t Helping.
Over the last two decades, Western activists have only made things worse for my people.