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Books
Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down
In his new book, “The Courage to Be Free,” the Florida governor and potential Republican presidential candidate offers a template…
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News
Bing’s A.I. Chat Reveals Its Feelings: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’
In a two-hour conversation with our columnist, Microsoft’s new chatbot said it would like to be human, had a desire…
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US
Justice Dept. Drops Investigation of Retired U.S. General
John R. Allen, a retired four-star Marine general who was the president of the Brookings Institution, had been accused of…
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Magazine
Madonna Will Never Go Gently
Why would we even want her to?
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News
Will There Be a Biden Comeback?
Something unusual happened to Joe Biden this week. A reputable poll, from The Economist and YouGov, showed him with a…
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News
Why I Came to America to Fail
I wrote a book in praise of failure, which is like a fish praising water. I’ve been swimming in failure…
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News
Have I Been Good or Bad This Year? Here’s Some New Math.
Here we are at the end of another year, and as humans are wont to do around this time, I’ve…
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News
Celebrity Crypto-Hawkers Should Get a Close Look
Remember when the actor Matt Damon pontificated about how “fortune favors the brave” people who invest with Crypto.com? Or when…
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World
A Child’s Drawing Tucked in an Agatha Christie Book Is Its Own Mystery
A true-crime blogger in Virginia found a hand-drawn card signed “To Mum, love from Kit” in a used copy of…