Double government
Double government. Immediately after taking office, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz sent around 160 National Security Council staffers
Addled
Why are people’s cognitive skills declining? Gloria Mark on how consumer technology is making us more error-prone, more stressed, and less productive.
‘No No Yes Yes’
‘No No Yes Yes.’ Deradoorian is the former singer of the Dirty Projectors, out on her own since 2013. This
Europe’s new war machine
Europe’s new war machine. Ever since World War II reduced so much of the European continent to rubble, its
Help wanted
Where have all the workers gone? Matthew Notowidigdo on the transformation of the global labor market.
‘Restless Sleep’
‘Restless Sleep.’ Via Hessle Audio, one of London’s leading-edge dance labels, a song from Josi Devil that lives up
‘Twiggy, Twiggy’
‘Twiggy, Twiggy.’ In the early 1990s, trip-hop and downtempo were dominant Western sounds, but a very different sound came from
Reasoning with a tiger
Member’s despatch, Week XVII: The U.S. talks peace as Russia presses war in Ukraine. The global trade-war era continues—in strange directions. & Border fighting between India and Pakistan follows a mass murder in Kashmir. &c.
‘Kinetic diplomacy’
‘Kinetic diplomacy.’ During last fall’s election campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump called himself the “candidate of peace”—saying
