The Opinions

Gen Z-ers Are Ditching Sex. They Might Be Onto Something.

Is celibacy cool now?

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Michelle Goldberg

No Wonder Elon Musk Hates ‘The Odyssey’

A.I. has rendered eye candy cheap. Viewers long for the visceral.

Emi Nietfeld

Gen Z Fell Out of Love With Work. I Don’t Blame Them.

For Gen Z college graduates, the way millennials lived out their ambitions no longer makes sense.

Clay Routledge

Stop Pathologizing Ordinary Life

We need to support psychological well-being without fixating on it.

Maureen Dowd

Nolan’s Zero-Eros ‘Odyssey’

Homer’s Odysseus was hardly a man of remorse and shame.

Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It.

“It’s hard to look at the last year and see anything other than a deliberate slowdown of these grants.”

Even in Utah, Land of ‘Big Love,’ Families Are Getting Smaller

Forget tradwives. When it comes to plummeting fertility rates, Utah is leading the country.

Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway.

In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.

An Admiral’s Rise Reveals the Politics Driving Hegseth’s Pentagon

Before he was picked to lead the Navy, Adm. Daryl Caudle found ways to signal his support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-diversity goals.

In Washington, Netanyahu Faces a Delicate Balancing Act

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to meet President Trump on Tuesday, with one eye on Iran and another on the coming elections back home.