Politics
Why Attacks on Trump’s Mental Acuity Don’t Land
[ad_1] Ten years ago, I stood in the back of a large room at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, watching Donald Trump ramble.…
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Health
Ozempic Can Turn Into No-zempic
[ad_1] No medication in the history of modern weight loss has inspired as much awe as the latest class of obesity drugs. Wegovy and…
Politics
Political Accountability Isn’t Dead Yet
[ad_1] On September 22, when federal prosecutors accused Senator Robert Menendez of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, Representative Andy Kim, a…
Health
Why So Many Accidental Pregnancies Happen in Your 40s
[ad_1] After she turned 42, Teesha Karr thought she was done having kids. Six, in her mind, was perfect. And besides, she was pretty…
Politics
‘Nothing Is Going to Stop Donald Trump’
[ad_1] “Anybody ever hear of Hannibal Lecter?” former President Donald Trump asked last night. “He was a nice fellow. But that’s what’s coming into…
Health
America’s Concussion Problem Is Way Bigger Than Sports
[ad_1] The months of haze began in an instant, when the horse I was riding stumbled at the exact moment I was shifting my…
Health
Do Not Underestimate the To-Do List
[ad_1] Productivity is a sore subject for a lot of people. Philosophically, the concept is a nightmare. Americans invest personal productivity with moral weight,…
Health
How Bad Could BA.2.86 Get?
[ad_1] Since Omicron swept across the globe in 2021, the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has moved at a slower and more predictable pace. New variants…
Health
The Missing Piece of the Foraging Renaissance
[ad_1] Harvesting wild local produce in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park may not seem like the best idea. And yet, on a foraging tour of the…
Politics
The New Pro-life Movement Has a Plan to End Abortion
[ad_1] The unpleasant reality facing the anti-abortion movement is that most Americans don’t actually want to ban abortion. This explains why the pro-life summer…
Politics
Republicans’ 2024 Magical Thinking
[ad_1] Press them hard enough, and most Republican officials—even the ones with MAGA hats in their closets and Mar-a-Lago selfies in their Twitter avatar—will…
Health
Annual COVID Shots Mean We Can Stop Counting
[ad_1] A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me how many COVID shots I’d gotten so far. And for a brief, wonderful moment,…
Health
America’s COVID Booster Rates Are a Bad Sign for Winter
[ad_1] And just like that, with the passing of Labor Day, fall was upon us. Seemingly overnight, six-packs of pumpkin beer materialized on grocery…
Health
Will the Bivalent Booster Cause Worse Side Effects?
[ad_1] For as long as my marriage lasts, my household will be divided by reactions to vaccines. I am, fortunately, speaking of physical reactions…
Politics
‘Stop the Steal’ Is a Metaphor
[ad_1] Starting in 2008, a widely circulated conspiracy theory was that Barack Obama was not actually born in America. Strivers on the political right…