If America wants to maintain its lead, it should focus less on keeping China down
Elsewhere, political dysfunction and fiscal frailties are taking a toll
The truly disquieting thought was that the cult of personality around the Prime Minister had become suffocating and seemingly impossible to pierce—until now. By Isaac Chotiner
After Governor Kathy Hochul’s flip-flop on congestion pricing, a cop reconsiders his retirement while inching his Lexus through snarled-up traffic on the F.D.R.
By Ben McGrath
Many left-leaning, middle-class Americans speak of kids as though they are impositions, or means to an end.
By Jay Caspian Kang
A Trump victory would reward them. But not enough to justify the risks
The peninsula is becoming a death trap for the Kremlin’s forces
There is more to AI than ChatGPT
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (June 7, 2024): The latest issue features The Mayday Call: How One Death at Sea Transformed a Fishing Fleet…
The opioid epidemic has made a dangerous job even more deadly. And when there’s an overdose at sea, fishermen have to take care of one another.
Tech companies are running low on new experiences to offer us. A new ad for the iPad contains revealing hints of where they could go next.
By PETER C. BAKER
In 2020, the author of “How to Be an Antiracist” galvanized Americans with his ideas. The past four years have tested them — and him.
By RACHEL POSER
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (June 1, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Walnut and Me’ – How my dog helped me accept that someday we will all die…
For the first time since the Vietnam War, university demonstrations have led to a rethinking of who sets the terms for language in academia.
By EMILY BAZELON
The jury has convicted the former President of thirty-four felony counts in his New York hush-money trial. Now the American people will decide to what extent they care.
In the courtroom with the former President at the moment he became a convicted felon.
At a crucial moment they encapsulate the dilemma of how to handle populism
A backlash against abortion bans is energising the middle ground in America
They are saving like never before. But even that may not bring interest rates down
Sergio García Sánchez’s “Scoot” – The artist depicts the thrill of leaning into summer in the city.
Biden’s a pedophile; Trump’s a fascist; the maga Hasidim have to get their act together—and other sentiments spewed at the former President’s rally in Crotona Park.
The team at Autopilot, an app that lets you copy the trades of Nancy Pelosi’s husband (up forty-five per cent last year) or Dan Crenshaw (up forty-one), choose their newest offering.
REASON MAGAZINE (May 23, 2024) – The latest issue features ‘It Was A Very Safe City’ – Crime and homelessness in America...
The U.S. confronts a growing homelessness problem. Does Miami have the answer?
Government mismanagement, not sentencing reform or sparse social spending, deserves the blame.
Seasonal businesses can’t get the short-term labor from abroad that they need.
Ending U.S. aid would give Washington less leverage in the Middle East. That’s why it’s worth doing.
Economies must adapt to baby busts instead
As birth rates plunge, many politicians want to pour money into policies that might lead women to have more babies. Donald Trump has vowed to dish out bonuses if he returns to the White House. In France, where the state already spends 3.5-4% of gdp on family policies each year, Emmanuel Macron wants to “demographically rearm” his country. South Korea is contemplating handouts worth a staggering $70,000 for each baby. Yet all these attempts are likely to fail, because they are built on a misapprehension.
Governments’ concern is understandable. Fertility rates are falling nearly everywhere and the rich world faces a severe shortage of babies. At prevailing birth rates, the average woman in a high-income country today will have just 1.6 children over her lifetime. Every rich country except Israel has a fertility rate beneath the replacement level of 2.1, at which a population is stable without immigration. The decline over the past decade has been faster than demographers expected.
The death of the president changes the power dynamic
A new generation of AI chips is on the way
The rainbow nation needs an alternative to decline under the ANC
Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news
