In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

Now everything must change. That kind of knowledge production has, in effect, been automated. As a result, the “scientistic” ...

Jeff Bark’s elaborately composed scenes channel sundered American fantasies. They also function as personal folklore.

In Dea Kulumbegashvili’s film, Ia Sukhitashvili plays a Georgian obstetrician who views a woman’s right to choose as an ...

Paul Clement complained that Big Law was becoming “increasingly woke.” Now he’s defending one firm’s right to do just that.

From the daily newsletter: what happens when we can optimize pregnancy. Plus: Susan B. Glasser on Trump’s confused desires.

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

Hearing aids and cochlear implants have been getting better for years, but a new type of device—eyeglasses that display ...

Also: reviews of Broadway’s “Smash” and “John Proctor Is the Villain”; New York’s financial crisis of 1975 in “Drop Dead City ...

This documentary examines the economic changes and managerial missteps that brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy in ...

The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.

The university’s $53.2-billion endowment has positioned it to resist the bullying tactics of an increasingly authoritarian ...