The Missing Filter on Our Election Process
Election reforms in the 1970s made voting much more populist, but at what cost? The shift away from the convention system drastically changed the kind of people who get elected, favoring those with celebrity status and name recognition.
Trump the Destroyer
The president has an edifice complex.
Why A.I. Is Dangerous for Science
Beware the flashy but unproven A.I.-powered advances.
Hit Songs and Vibe Shifts in America
Readers respond to a guest essay about cultural shifts in rural America. Also: A class warrior in the White House; East and West on elusive happiness.
The U.S. and China Are Entering a New Era
Neither the United States nor China can bend the other to its will, and it’s time for them to settle for a durable détente.
He Was The Times’s Moscow Chief. My Grandmother Was His Censor.
Somehow the story got through.
Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, does not want you to be afraid of A.I.
It’s Time to Cry Wolf Over A.I.
It’s not too late to avoid the potential disasters of A.I. that Covid-19 and 9/11 taught us how to prepare.
Trump Makes Republicans More Racist and Democrats Less So
The president is recasting the U.S. government as an instrument of prejudice.
Hollywood Surrenders to the Ellison Empire
There’s no sense of triumph or even defeat, merely numb exhaustion.