May 9, 2023 Issue

Digital Edition

FEATURE

Mike Pence on Trump, Jan. 6, and American leadership

✪ Jim Justice’s unconventional Senate quest gives GOP a boost

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✪ The liberalism that swallowed Minnesota

by Nicole Russell

Your Land

★★★

SpaceX vs. the birds: Environmental activists sue FAA over Texas rocket launch

by Conn Carroll

★★★

Dozens of school districts embrace ‘equitable grading,’ setting up students for failure

by Kaylee McGhee White

★★★

The new surgeon general’s warning: Loneliness is harming America

by Timothy P. Carney

★★★

Sick as a dog: Pets fall ill after eating discarded marijuana

by Zachary Faria

Business

BUSINESS

‘Unflinching’ Fed panel report reveals causes of Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall

BUSINESS

Federal Trade Commission’s Call of Duty maneuver is actually a dereliction of it

by Stephen Moore

Letter From The Editor

Washington Briefing

Aging in place: Biden’s senior status hovers over president’s final campaign

by Max Thornberry

Whatever happened to the flying cars? Jetsons days may be closer than imagined

Donald Trump steals Iowa spotlight from would-be 2024 rival Ron DeSantis

Effort to limit children’s social media access draws bipartisan support in the Senate

by Jessica Melugin

June default ‘X-date’ aids Speaker McCarthy’s push for debt ceiling talks

The Columnists

Dominic Green

How do white men fight?

Timothy P. Carney

Obama-Clinton revolving-door figure and Biden donor shows up in Jeffrey Epstein’s schedule

Life & Arts

Assessing Mary Harrington’s ‘reactionary feminism’

Madagascar’s superstitions in American eyes

Keri Russell saves The Diplomat from itself

by Graham Hillard

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese reviewed

by J. Oliver Conroy

An Afghanistan War veteran reviews The Covenant

A drink in honor of professor Harvey C. Mansfield

The natalist streak running through Amy Sherman-Palladino’s shows

Most reporters are internet culture reporters who don’t know it yet

by Katherine Dee

More from the Magazine

‘Unflinching’ Fed panel report reveals causes of Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall

Obituary

Gordon Lightfoot, 1938-2023