Why We Still Need Steven Spielberg
On Jan. 1, something amazing happened. Steven Spielberg, a longtime Angeleno and most people’s dictionary definition of “Hollywood director,” became...
They Vied for Trump’s Endorsement. Will It Matter?
Doug Meadows voted for President Trump in 2024. As the father of a newborn, he trusted that the president could...
I don’t want children. I do want children. What should I do?
Editor’s note, June 7, 8 am ET: We’re bringing you some of our best-loved Your Mileage May Vary columns while...
As Oil Prices Spike, Talk of ‘Demand Destruction’ Sets In
As the war in Iran has stymied traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, demand for oil has fallen, and industry...
The ‘Foulest Mouth on Broadway’ Is Up for a Tony
As a striving actress trying to make it in New York starting in the 1950s, June Squibb had learned to...
America turns 250. Its greatest innovation was never a product — it was a system that let anyone build one
For most of human history, progress required permission. To build something new, you needed approval from a monarch, a guild,...
Trump Says Iran Has Made a ‘Big’ Nuclear Promise. It Isn’t New.
More than two months of on-again, off-again peace talks have made little progress toward settling the U.S. war on Iran....
Armenia, caught in Trump-Putin power contest, eyes E.U. and draws Russia’s fury
In a Great Game-style tug of war between Russia and the West for influence in the strategic South Caucasus, tiny...
Astronomers Say Star Self-Destructed So Catastrophically That It Left Behind No Trace of Its Existence
When a star explodes, it typically leaves behind some sort of remnant: an exposed, ultra-dense core, for example, or even...
Trump Looms Over Pivotal Republican Senate Runoff in Georgia
Derek Dooley campaigned in rural Georgia this month with a lifelong friend: Gov. Brian Kemp, who also happens to be...
