The Eiffel Tower ahead of the Olympic Games on July 22, 2024, in Paris, France. | Michael Reaves/Getty Images Ready or not, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games have begun.  As with any quadrennial, there will be stories of glorious triumph, heartbreaking defeat, feel-good underdogs, and maybe even a villain or two. But headed into Paris this year,...

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett speak at an event organized by Columbia Business School on January 27, 2017, in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images It’s been an eventful couple of weeks, so much so that what I think will ultimately prove one of 2024’s most important revelations largely flew under the radar. That is the revelation...

Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, and Elena Kagan at a White House ceremony in 2018. Bostock v. Clayton County (2020) was one of the few pleasant surprises for liberals to come out of the Supreme Court during the Trump administration.  Authored by Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch and joined by Republican Chief Justice John Roberts, Bostock...

Welcome to Money Talks, a series in which we interview people about their relationship with money, their relationship with each other, and how those relationships inform one another. Jamie Parker is 45 and has owned a Cartridge World franchise in Christiansburg, Virginia, for 10 years. Ieshia Ahmed, her daughter, is 25 and describes herself...

On May 23, AI researcher Jide Alaga asked Claude, an AI assistant created by tech startup Anthropic, how to kindly break up with his girlfriend. “Start by acknowledging the beauty and history of your relationship,” Claude replied. “Remind her how much the Golden Gate Bridge means to you both. Then say something like ‘Unfortunately, the...

Vice President Kamala Harris holds a color-coded map of state abortion laws on October 17, 2022. | Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<br> Vice President Kamala Harris is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. But can she win the presidency? Due to the wonders of the Electoral College system, the answer depends...