Brigitte Bardot: A Life in Pictures
Brigitte Bardot, the French actress and animal rights campaigner whose death was announced on Sunday, was a creature of the...
In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’
As voters started going to the polls on Sunday for the first round of a heavily stage-managed election in Myanmar,...
The Democratic Party Avoids a Reckoning
To the Editor: Re “D.N.C. Scraps Its Report Into What Went Wrong in 2024,” (news article, Dec. 18): The Democratic...
Behold the ‘God of Generous Out-Flowing Love’
N.T. Wright is one of the world’s pre-eminent New Testament scholars. A former bishop of Durham and the author of...
How Cameroon Fought to Save Its Malaria Program After the U.S. Cut Critical Funding
Abdul Aziz Adamou carried his son Mohammadou urgently through the crowded hospital, and the child did not stir. A wisp...
Can You Reboot a Lamp Like a Superhero Franchise?
On a sunny evening in mid-June, a group gathered on a terrace overlooking the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen,...
How a Left-Right Social Media Tiff Pushed Texas to Fund Parks
Texas is known for its deep devotion to private ownership and staunch aversion to government spending. So why, for much...
8 Ways A.I. Affected Pop Culture in 2025
A.I.-generated artists topping iTunes and Billboard charts. Podcast hosts speaking fluently for hours in languages they do not know. Dead...
Before You Toss That Book …
To those of you resolving to clean house in the new year, a word of caution. Throw out whatever you...
When A.I. Took My Job, I Bought a Chain Saw
Some of the best career advice I’ve received didn’t come from a mentor — or even a human. I told...
Willpower Doesn’t Work. This Does.
There is a children’s story I used to read to my daughters when they were 3 and 4 years old....
We Don’t Seem to be Making America Healthy Again
As a physician and medical journalist, I have spent years watching, with both fascination and concern, as anti-vaccine groups honed...
On the Road, With Baggage
THE REST OF OUR LIVES, by Ben Markovits Earlier this year, my fellow critics and I wrote — and spoke!...
New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
April Flakne strides into the classroom to teach a course on “The Odyssey,” a new requirement at New College of...
10 Standout Marriage Proposals
The simple proposals can sometimes feel just as endearing as the grand ones, if not more. Many couples who were...
