From Allan Bloom’s lecture halls to the Iraq War’s intellectual wreckage, a memoir of how a neoconservative movement insider became a dissenter.
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How to Pick a College in the Age of AI
From someone who has spent two decades running universities and the past few years studying how AI is likely to affect them, here is some advice for playing the odds.
A Radically Simple Plan to Fix Higher Education
Voters couldn’t be clearer in their demand for greater affordability, with college costs near the top of their list. Here’s how to deliver it.
Ted Turner’s Beef With Big Media
The late founder of CNN on how government protects big media—and shuts out upstarts like him.
Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order Is Only Mostly Dead
The same power that makes America capable of doing vast damage globally also enables it to do great good.
How Amazon’s AI Algorithms Raise the Prices You Pay
Online price swings look like fierce competition. In reality, they’re part of an invisible strategy that steers the entire market upward.
How Democrats Can Win on Education Again
Centrist and progressive Democrats can’t stop fighting over how to fix America’s crisis-ridden K-12 schools. Truth is, each side has part of the answer.
Are You There, Judy?
Even as she showed deep empathy for young girls, Judy Blume remained a mystery to herself.
Frappuccino Socialists
A generation of college graduates landed in low-wage jobs. Their frustration is reshaping the labor movement—and dividing the working class.
Who Killed Roe v. Wade?
The decades-long plot against abortion rights had many fathers, who were largely lost to history until now.

