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Undo Legal Weed? Massachusetts Is Thinking About It.
A vote in Massachusetts next week shows how misgivings about legalized marijuana are becoming mainstream across the country.
October 29, 2026
Josh Code
My Night at Macklemore’s ‘Free Palestine’��Tour
One month after being barred from Gillette Stadium, the rapper drew 13,000 people in Dublin. I joined the crowd and found fans who justified terrorism…
October 27, 2026
Josh Kaplan
Why All the Sympathy for Moms Who Kill?
A recent ‘New Yorker’ essay humanizes a woman who said she let her toddler die then burned his body. To what end?
October 27, 2026
Kat Rosenfield
The Last Essay?
Robots are really good writers now. Don’t believe me? You will by the end of this piece.
October 23, 2026
Max Raskin
Sally Rooney Hates Novels
By donating her royalties to Palestine Action, she gave her work the political significance she has always desired but never attained.
October 20, 2026
Sarah Ditum
Tyler Cowen: Elizabeth Holmes Should Not Be in Prison
Her crimes were egregious. But far fewer women, with or without children, should be incarcerated at all.
October 20, 2026
Tyler Cowen
David Sabatini Lost Everything After Being Accused of Sexual Harassment. He Just Won $6 Million.
Four years ago, we broke the story of a biologist whose career was destroyed by a female colleague’s accusations. Today, he tells us about the…
October 20, 2026
Suzy Weiss
The Nazis Stole Your Family’s Art? Call James Palmer.
The art detective has been clawing back looted paintings for 33 years. Some call him a ‘Holocaust hustler.’ His clients call him a hero.
October 18, 2026
Suzy Weiss
What Do You Do with Tom Cruise? Not This.
There are bad movies. And then there is ‘Digger.’ It makes you want to carve a little circle around your chair and tunnel your way out of the movie…
October 16, 2026
Caitlin Flanagan
Did Nathan Fielder Get Too Close to Elizabeth Holmes?
Is the girlboss-turned-felon pathologically guileless, or the world’s most ruthless, consummate manipulator? A new documentary attempts to find out.
October 16, 2026
Kat Rosenfield
Why I’m Moving Back to Broken Britain
I had the chance to keep living in America. A lot of people think I’m crazy for choosing home instead.
October 16, 2026
Freya India
How Modern Dating Left Ordinary Men Behind
There is only one group that has far worse dating outcomes than almost everyone else: young, single men without college degrees. That’s because the…
October 15, 2026
Daniel Cox
