What If He Actually Did It?
I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.
I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades in prison. Then I started having doubts about the case.
Literary treasures are too often hidden away from the public—but the world of private collecting isn’t all bad.
American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate.
America’s favorite robot company has perfected the art of freaking people out.
Chaos in the streets—real, imagined, or exaggerated—is never to an incumbent’s advantage.
I resigned from the Ford presidential foundation over its refusal to honor Liz Cheney. But my decision was bigger than that.
He was the world’s most famous child star. Then he had to figure out what came next.
Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?
The funniest people on the planet think there’s no funnier person than Albert Brooks.
Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it. (From 2023)
A whole two days off from work, in which we can do what we please, has only recently become a near-universal right. What we choose to do looks increasingly like work, and idleness has acquired a bad name. Herein, a history of leisure. (From 1991)
Sixty years ago, Pauline Kael said that the movies were going to pieces. In a sense, she was right.
Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?
A new season of the How To series from The Atlantic