Lifestyle

Editorial: Americans voted for Trump. Here’s what they chose — and the hope for all those who didn’t
Much will be studied, analyzed and written for years to come about why Americans voted an openly authoritarian leader back into power in apparently greater margins than they did...
What went wrong for Harris: Trying to ‘turn the page’ while still in office
WASHINGTON —  In the end, Vice President Kamala Harris could not overcome a central contradiction: She was the “turn the page” candidate who served with Joe Biden, the oldest and...
Column: Trump wins and it’s a dark night for America’s soul
A convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender is returning to the White House.A candidate who spoke of using the military against political foes and called for the summary execution...
Prince William says Kate Middleton’s ‘doing really well’ after cancer treatment
Catherine, Princess of Wales, is on the up and up in her battle with an undisclosed form of cancer; just ask her husband, Prince William. William offered an update...
Does Trump’s victory clear the way for PGA Tour-LIV merger? Rory McIlroy thinks so
Rory McIlroy has never been a supporter of the Saudi Public Investment Fund and LIV Golf. In fact, at times he’s been the most vocal critic among PGA Tour...
U.S. stocks soar as Trump’s victory is met with early investor enthusiasm
U.S. stocks soared Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump’s sweeping election victory as investors priced in potential gains for a wide range of industries and a near-term boost...

World

Jean Hanff Korelitz’s All-Time Favorite Sequels
Jean Hanff Korelitz is the author of nine novels, including “The Latecomer” and “You Should Have Known” (upon which “The Undoing,” the HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh...
Barry Blitt’s “Back with a Vengeance”
On the morning of Wednesday, November 6th, Donald J. Trump was elected, for the second time, as President of the United States. For the cover of the November 18,...
The Amazing, Disappearing Johnny Carson
For thirty years, from October 1, 1962, to May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson presided over American popular culture from the 11:30 P.M. throne of “The Tonight Show.” At its...
Offering Dignity for Those Who Die Alone in “People Like Us”
Sonia Bermúdez divides her time between two cemeteries. In the town of Riohacha, Colombia, she manages the Central Cemetery, a quiet maze of white-walled mausoleums decorated with crosses and...
Quincy Jones Had Something for Everyone
In my youth, in the nineteen-nineties, my record-store experiences were governed by what was, or wasn’t, in my pockets. I was a frequent attendee at the bargain bin, because...
“A Real Pain” Fails to Stay in Its Discomfort Zone
A road movie with a twist, “A Real Pain”—which Jesse Eisenberg wrote, directed, and stars in—builds the eventful but thin foreground of its journey on a deep foundation of...