The New York Times

New disclosures underscore that the White House is enveloped in a culture of corruption with no precedent in American history.

Any serious push to account for the actions of this government must include recompense and repair for its victims.

Repulsive and denigrating. At least that’s what John McWhorter, an Opinion writer and a linguistics professor at Columbia, pictures when he thinks of the word, “slop.” Here, he argues that the inundation of A.I. slop has demoted artificial intelligence from a powerful technological mystery to an everyday (and even dangerous) nuisance.

George Saunders speaks on “The Ezra Klein Show” about our relationship to truth as not just the foundation of judgment but also as a source of comfort.

The Games have brought a much needed injection of awe, a welcome breather from a barrage of disturbing news.