This week, Rahm Emanuel — a chief of staff in the Obama White House and widely rumored 2028 candidate — went to Tel Aviv to deliver a stern message to the Israeli public: If Israel wants to keep America as an ally, it needs to change.  “Without question, the alliance is at a crossroads. It […]

As I am typing this, a device rests on my wrist that purports to unlock a trove of real-time information about my body’s performance. I can click a button and check my heart rate and review how much it’s varied over the course of the day. It can tell me how many steps I’ve taken, […]

“Gotta go,” a young woman murmured into her phone, slipping into a gaggle of gawking New Yorkers pointing and staring at a teetering office tower in the heart of midtown Manhattan on Tuesday. “This building’s like collapsing in New York.”  If you squinted past the police barricades, you could see the sagging upper floors of […]

When did Ukraine’s allies stop being scared of Russia’s nuclear weapons?  At this week’s summit in Turkey, NATO leaders strongly backed Ukraine’s growing campaign of strikes deep into Russian territory, primarily targeted at that country’s energy infrastructure, meant to bring the costs of war home to Russian citizens and compel their government to stop the […]

Tens of millions of Americans live on top of, below, or directly next to their neighbors — which means, statistically speaking, some of us are going to end up in close proximity to an extremely irritating stranger.  The source of annoyance could be someone who appears to be hosting illegal raves every weekend. Or it […]