Ross Douthat

“It’s the worst story I’ve ever covered.”

How Israel became the focus of so much of contemporary protest politics.

It’s good to have a reality check every few months.

In February, there was a flurry of discussion about whether Joe Biden's advancing age and seeming weakness in a matchup with Donald Trump meant that he should step aside. I wrote a column on that theme, but the more notable (that is, nonconservative) voices arguing that Biden should consider withdrawing from the race included polling maven Nate Silver and my colleague Ezra Klein. The report from special counsel Robert Hur, which indicated memory problems for the president, was also part of the discussion — or, if you prefer the terms favored by the president's allies, part of the unnecessary freakout.

And the role politicians play in all of it.

What the former president’s V.P. shortlist tells us about his possible second term.

A taxonomy of post-religious conservatisms.

Luca Guadagnino films Challengers as a gay romance.

The president has many problems this election. Is Kamala Harris one of them?

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