The Dr. Strangelove taxonomy of DC types
My social life is meeting a different character every week
Culture
Tuesday
Franco Zeffirelli’s slice of paradise in Positano
Villa Treville retains the director’s sense of chutzpah and style
Friday
Don McCullin shows no signs of slowing down
In the veteran photojournalist’s later work, a sense of foreboding is never far away
Tuesday
Is conversion therapy free speech?
The Supreme Court is leaning toward upholding the right of therapists to advise clients that changing their sexual orientation is viable
Tuesday
How to fix the Met
‘It’s impossible to predict hits,’ said the man paid $1.4 million a year to, well, predict hits
Tuesday
Nihilism is destroying young minds
Before the internet, killing manifestos would have stayed in evidence lockers. Now they circulate endlessly online
Tuesday
Left-wing violence is being normalized
We’ve come to a series of startling conclusions about a change that’s happening in US society
Why everyone is talking about Bill Belichick
Jordon Hudson’s relationship with a five-decades-older boyfriend would be of no interest to the public were that boyfriend not a genius
Wednesday
Why is America so unhappy?
The causes of our discontent are complicated, but they’re rooted in our drift from traditional values
Monday
Romantasy, the hot new literary genre du jour
Why are so many women reading the genre?
Friday
This month in culture: February 2025
What to watch this February
Monday
War, one artwork at a time
Ukrainian nationals and their allies have been working tirelessly to promote the voices of a people under siege
This month in culture: November 2024
What to watch this November
Thursday
What does Appalachia mean?
J.D. Vance has put a regional identity created by politics at the center of the election
This month in culture: October 2024
Our staff picks what to watch out for this October
What I learned from my time in Taiwan
The country is much more than a geopolitical hotspot or even a stable Asian democracy we’ve committed to help
Monday
This month in culture: September 2024
What to watch this September
Thursday
This month in culture: August 2024
What should be on your radar this August
Why New York is a city built on the written word
To have been born there and live there all your life? It is hard to imagine any author having a greater privilege
Monday
This month in culture: July 2024
What should be on your radar this July
