I Was Lucky to Be Alive. But I Missed Being Pretty.

The life of a Capitol Hill intern involves bamboozling policyspeak, hellacious heat, free food at AEI, and a parade of utterly charmless Tattes

“No Red Lines”: Iran Threatens America’s Homeland -- What Are the Odds?

The Art of Being Alone: May Sarton’s Stunning 1938 Ode to Solitude

Scary Halloween Cold Open

How Penélope Cruz Masterminded One of the Most Versatile Careers in Hollywood

The U.S. Is Bullying Europe Like Never Before

12 Defendants Indicted for Threats Aimed at Causing University of Michigan and Others to Sever Ties with Israel

Open Thread

Trump’s Lengthening “Three-Day” Air Plan -- and Iran’s Most Likely Parallel Answer

The 40-40-20 Exit

How Art Invented Humanity

Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions

Trump Is Taking a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Industry and This Crony Is Cashing In

Fields of lilies, fractal landscapes, idioms, DNA, Renoir’s orange, human anatomy: Why is the world full of so much beauty?

Fire in the Brain: How Psychosis May Arise When the Body Attacks Itself

Drunk or sober, but especially drunk, Edgar Allan Poe acted against his own interests. He turned the mystery of why into art 

The physics of getting fired

$9.25M Verdict Against N.Y. Times, in Libel Case Brought by Alabama Basketball Player

Odd shapes hidden in dense Amazon rainforest reveal sprawling ancient civilization

China’s Platform State and the AI Race