From the daily newsletter: recession indicators are everywhere; and why the Supreme Court misunderstands Trump.

More precise names for the “Personal Life” section on Wikipedia. Tough-guy things I can do because I don’t wear a face mask.

Universities are accustomed to acquiescing to the government, but Trump made Harvard an offer it couldn’t not refuse.

My hair is parted to the side—it looks so nerdy parted in the middle! I know I’m still dating myself, but what do I care? At ...

The philosopher and biographer analyzes works of life-writing that straddle fact and fiction, and what makes them art.

The memes responding to Trump’s seesawing tariff policy hint at a collective psychological state.

A legal scholar argues that the judiciary’s “passive-aggressive approach” to the Trump Administration is doomed to fail.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has some of the largest deposits on Earth. Its President wants to sell them—and win a ...

As I.R.S. employees toil through tax season, their agency is being dismantled by the government it powers.

People who love Phish do so with a quasi-religious devotion. People who dislike Phish do so with an equal fervor.

The view from northern Europe, which, until very recently, had long seen the United States as a land of hope.

Last year, for my birthday, my wife gave me a copy of “ I Remember ,” an unusual memoir by the artist Joe Brainard. It’s a ...