Legal residents of the United States sent to foreign prisons without due process. Students detained after voicing their opinions. Federal judges threatened with impeachment for ruling against the administration’s priorities. In the Opinion video …
Don’t Know How to Face Your Mom? Talk to Your Friend’s Mom Instead.
I’m a woman who has never wanted children. For years, the person who had the hardest time accepting that was my mother. Since two of my closest friends also chose a child-free life, I came up with a small experiment: We swapped moms. Each of us sat …
Flamingos Summon Mini-Twisters to Suck Up Prey
Three cooperative birds and a model bird head helped scientists figure out what flamingos are actually doing when they stick their heads upside down underwater.
Seeking to Stop a Slide Into Autocracy
More from our inbox: Shame on the LawyersAn Atheist Euphoric Over Pope LeoCredit…Damon Winter/The New York TimesTo the Editor: “No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines,” by Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt (Opinion guest …
Terry Brunk, Professional Wrestler and ‘Hardcore’ Pioneer Known as Sabu, Dies
Mr. Brunk rose to fame with the Extreme Championship Wrestling Circuit, pioneering a wrestling style that made use of props like tables and chairs.
Pope Leo Is All Over the Map, and That’s Driving Some People Crazy
President Trump is no longer the most important American in the world. He is certainly the most powerful, at least for three more years, but power is only one measure of importance. On Thursday, a Chicago native and Villanova University graduate …
Jelly Shoes Aren’t Just For Kids. Here Are the Best Ones.
A roundup of rubber sandals, for a variety of occasions and budgets.
Democrats Must Embrace Their Inner Jerry Springer
Given that Hollywood is often caricatured as a hotbed of liberalism, it’s surprising that Republicans seem so much better than Democrats at the showbiz side of politics. Two Republican presidents have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Presidents …
Today Harvard Is the Target. Tomorrow It Could Be Your Church.
Conservatives like me once instinctively understood that expanding government power — even briefly — invites harm. Yet recent attempts by President Trump’s administration to use the tax code as a weapon reveal how easily partisanship can override …
Voices Against Trump’s Assault on Democracy
More from our inbox: I Know Harvard. Harvard Won’t Fold.A Ruling on Transgender TroopsThe Zen of A.I.?Guards stand next to the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.Credit…Ron Edmonds/Associated PressTo the Editor: The …