NATO’s Nightmare

Western military planners do not seem eager to talk about their nightmare scenario, much less prepare for it. But they tend to agree on how it would begin: a coordinated,…

The High Priestess of the Ordinary

Committed anxious types like me rarely find a poem opening as enticing as this one from the late Mary Oliver: I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the…

The Trump Administration Wanted Her Expertise, Just Not Her

Editor’s Note: Read Julia Curlee’s full essay here. Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts When Julia Curlee was a kid growing up in…

Even College Students Have Stopped Hanging Out

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. If anyone were to be immune to America’s loneliness epidemic, it would be…

Trump Will Make South Korea Pay For His Iran Humiliation

Last winter, Donald Trump plunged recklessly into war with Iran. The United States is now losing that conflict. Iran remains defiant, much of the world economy is more threatened now…

Enes Kanter Freedom Obviously Doesn’t Belong in the WNBA

Why shouldn’t Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White play women’s basketball? The answer is simple: They’re not female. By all evidence, the two former NBA players have XY chromosomes—White has…

Trump’s Last Loyal Constituency

“Many secrets; no mysteries.” That’s the master code of the Trump administration. When it does something strange, there’s never any mystery as to why: Somebody close to the president, or…

How Trump Left America Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

During her January 2025 confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem was asked how she would strengthen the nation’s cyberdefenses. Noem told senators that she would make…

‘Just Sit Them on the Potty’

The time has come to admit it: The United States has a potty-training problem. In Utah, a law came into effect last year mandating that, with some exceptions, children will…

Anthony Fauci’s Group Chat Is Making People Lose Their Minds

Source: YouTube Summary Did Anthony Fauci really get a text from Joan Baez, as his private diary suggests, wishing him a “happy fucking birthday” in the midst of the pandemic?…