In Which I Try Valiantly to Cheer You Up
OK, 2025 wasn’t the best year ever. But we’re arguably still in the best decade in the history of humanity.Read More
Sick of Trump News? I’m Here for You.
Here are the best nonfiction essays of the year, according to me.Read More
Park Chan-wook and the Funny Thing About Stomach-Churning Horror
When American studios wouldn’t back his film about a laid-off manager committing gruesome murders, the director returned to Korea. Now he has a hit on his hands.Read More
How One Father Created an Organ Empire
The National Kidney Registry has matched thousands of kidney donors with recipients. It has also paid millions of dollars to a company owned by its founder.Read More
‘Counting Every Day’: The Soldier Who Spent More Than a Year on the Front Line
Serhii Tyschenko, a Ukrainian combat medic, spent 472 days in a bunker. His case appears to be an extreme example of a problem that has long plagued Kyiv’s military.Read More
Trump’s Second-Term Promises: What He’s Done So Far on Immigration, Trade, DEI and More
President Trump has driven illegal crossings at the border to record lows, helped bring about an uneasy cease-fire in Gaza and upended the global trading system.Read More
Karoline Leavitt Says She’s Expecting Her Second Child
The White House press secretary announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with a daughter who is due in May. She and her husband have a 1-year-old son.Read More
California Drops Lawsuit Over $4 Billion Federal Cut to High-Speed Rail Project
California sued after the Trump administration cut grants for the long-planned project. The state says it will seek private investors instead.Read More
Russia Attacks Kyiv Ahead of Trump-Zelensky Meeting
The assault began at around 1:30 a.m. local time and was continuing into the morning.Read More
Kennedy Center Chief Threatens Legal Action Over Canceled Christmas Concert
The musician Chuck Redd called off the annual Christmas Eve performances after the Kennedy Center board added President Trump’s name to the performing arts center.Read More