Year: 2024

A close friend—someone whom I’ve always thought of as an optimist—recently shared his theory that, no matter what time you’re...

The other night, a friend came over. A dear friend. A friend who has helped me out when I’ve been...

When you hear that thousands of writers have signed a petition, you can already guess what they are calling for:...

When I was teaching indoor cycling every week, an unexpected benefit of the gig was free ice cream. One of...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to be the next secretary of Health and Human Services, is America’s most prominent...

When Mary-Claire King discovered the first gene linked to hereditary breast cancer in 1990, she also got to decide its...

For a brief moment earlier this month, I thought an old acquaintance had passed away. I was still groggy one...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the bear-fondling, gravel-voiced Camelot scion, is President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health...

The last time I sweated through my shirt, I vowed that it would never happen again. Sweat shame had dogged...

Editor’s Note: Every Tuesday, James Parker tackles a reader’s existential worry. He wants to hear about what’s ailing, torturing, or...