Because I can’t always just write about depressing societal collapse

I can’t save the whole world, but sometimes I get to help a tiny piece of it.

The name of this cake is somewhat deceiving, since most apple cakes are easier than pie (which is actually never that easy if you’re making it from scratch). In any case, it’s a simple, excellent cake with a tender crumb, subtle spicing and soft pockets of fruit.

A typical prime-time audience on Fox News tuned in for an atypical presidential speech.

The name has never meant “no go.”

Young people are streaming videos with captions and sound.

Out searching with a metal detector in his hometown, Kalle Lappinen found a historical treasure buried in an unexpected location.

The city is going to bed earlier, but there are still those harnessing the creative power of the night.

If you haven’t yet encountered the cover story for the August issue of The Atlantic, I have some bad news to share: “The End of Reading Is Here.” It’s an intentionally provocative headline for a sligh...

25 jaar 9/11: De westerse reactie op de terroristische aanslagen in de VS heeft de rechtsstatelijkheid uitgehold, en moslims ten onrechte in het verdomhoekje gezet. Het is tijd voor een omslag, betoog...

After several delays, George Lucas’s legacy project is finally ready to open. There’s less “Star Wars” than you might expect.

A new book by a renowned brain expert says there are a few simple things we can do to prevent memory decline as we age.

For any ingredient lucky enough to float its way, harissa offers so much beyond the bright red tint it lends. A fruity concentrate of puréed peppers, garlic, spices and oil, this jammy paste deepens i...

Hot, stagnant weather trapped sewer and marine odors across San Francisco, leaving parts of the city smelling like garbage, sewage and fish.

The first rule of dark money is to quit blabbing about it. Did they think people would thank them for it?

One new study says it helps clean the brain. Others say it can lower your sleep quality.

Is it OK to raise this issue? I don’t want to be a bother.

25 jaar na 11 september: Met heilloze oorlogen in het Midden-Oosten en het overboord zetten van westerse waarden hebben de VS na de aanslagen van 11 september hun hand zwaar overspeeld. President Trum...

Josh Allen is 0-4 in Houston, including the playoffs.

An Anthropic researcher quit his job because he believes AI will destroy humanity. His story is going viral because so many others want to believe too.

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

R Pabel caught in Chicago after 7 yrs during which he developed prosperous book business; may avoid deportation because of family; on bail

Predictions of the death of irony after 9/11 proved completely wrong, of course. Now there is no “too soon” to laugh at a tragedy — but maybe there should be.

Dan Balz pays tribute to “a craftsman of the first order,” who wrote for Chicago newspapers before joining Politico as a columnist. He died Thursday at 78.

Jacob Campbell was a baby when his mother was killed, and he has struggled to come to terms with the tragedy that shaped him. For the grandmother who raised him, it’s even harder.

It’s being shouted from all corners: The U.S. Open has become an overcrowded, overpriced circus awash in influencers, aspirational influencers, corporate stooges, drunken buffoons, brand activations, inane stunt food, weed smoke, and bettors. It is newly hostile to children, people who value personal space, and genuine fans of tennis. These louts and narcissists, armed with…

If you share my attitude toward adventure, you’ll love these recipes!

This year is shaping up to be a global experiment in education: Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?

The novelist imagined women enjoying equality in the bedroom and the boardroom. Are we any closer to living in that world?

Aggrieved teenagers rampage in Tsui Hark’s restored New Wave crime thriller that mixes bloodshed and politics.

Three veterans reflect on how that decision 25 years ago shaped them in complicated and unexpected ways.

A sculpture of the mountain lion, known as P-22, will go up in Griffith Park, where he roamed until his death in 2022.

With little in the way of organization or themes, George Lucas’s new museum of graphic illustration in Los Angeles leaves it to the public to decide what it all means.

Remembering the noise, and then the silence, of 25 years ago.

Temporary dining sheds that emerged during the pandemic became valuable extra real estate for restaurants facing brutal margins. Now they must survive another challenge: bureaucracy.

It’s not all baguettes and cheese.

Colson Whitehead essay about when he first defined himself as New Yorker through memories of riding subway; says New Yorkers always see city through eyes of first glimpse; each person defines it for h...

If Sam Darnold can avoid missing significant time — if he can return in a month or less — the Seahawks can survive.

BVD-dossier: Activist en journalist Derk Sauer kreeg als zeventienjarige scholier een dossier bij de BVD. Die volgde hem daarna bijna twee decennia. „Bizar, dat is paranoia.”

The problem for Democrats is that Trump has frequently done things that sane, rational people think are narcissistic, irrational, malevolent and … it works.

You can have privacy or you can have the Internet, but you can’t have both.

The science fiction author William Gibson’s pithy observation that “the future is already here—it’s just not very evenly distributed” has had different shades of meaning since it was first formulated....

How five shows from 2025 and ‘26 dismantled the lone-wolf myth to write a better manhood script.

The Rams aren't just a superteam. After this offseason, they’re the NFL’s newest villains.

It looked like an odd rock at first, but a geomorphologist found a 10,000-year-old Pacific mastodon tooth.

In a new show at David Kordanky Gallery, the Iranian American painter Tala Madani plumbs the lives of her characters with absurd humor and a strange tenderness.

Defensie: Nederland wil met Zweden een verkennings- en spionagevliegtuig kopen. Deze GlobalEye heeft infraroodsensoren, geavanceerde communicatieapparatuur en kan Russische militaire activiteit en dro...

For all of the franchise’s misadventures, the Mets — led by ones who were there for that sad September in 2001 — get this right.