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Bryson DeChambeau smiles and hugs the trophy after his win at the 2024 U.S. Open. | Photo by Keyur Khamar/PGA Tour via Getty Images

The golfing world will remember the 124th U.S. Open for a long time, so here are five takeaways from Pinehurst No. 2

At America’s southern border, arrivals from Mexico to Morocco, China to Chad, are caught in a no-man’s-land between the danger they’ve fled and the paralyzed system that awaits them.

Mitt Romney probably blew his chances of becoming president in May 2012 when he suggested to a roomful of wealthy people at a Boca Raton fundraiser that America spoils its lower-income citizens by not taxing them enough. “Stupid, stupid, stupid,” Romney wrote in his diary after Mother Jones’s David Corn reported his remarks, according to McKay Coppins’s 2023 biography, Romney: A Reckoning. Now Donald Trump has amplified Romney’s error by stating explicitly that the progressive income tax ought to be replaced by tariffs. Читать дальше...

You might argue that the original Buc-ee's store in Luling, Texas, built in 2003 as the Houston-based chain's first jumbo-sized travel store, is the epitome of "everything's bigger in Texas."

Kelp Blue is investing in growing kelp in Namibia to grow an ingredient that can help farmers and make an alternative leather.

Identify and address the silent productivity killers in your business.

Tracksmith launched as a stylish alternative to synthetic, neon running gear. A decade later, it’s ready to take on Nike.

Imagining a world where GM doubled down on its EV1 has become one of the great “what if’s” of automobile history.

Arming your analysts with the tools to counter the skills shortage and protect against the borderless threat landscape is crucial for protecting your organization, says this chief information security officer.

New cartoons from the magazine.

Readers respond to Idrees Kahloon’s piece about economic growth, Kathryn Schulz’s essay about suspense, and Justin Chang’s review of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.”

“Let’s Save Our Trees” (hardback edition!), the minimalist shopping guide, and other best-sellers by hypocrites.

Three poems.

The eminent editor’s wife and daughter sift through a lifetime’s worth of collectibles: quirky plastic purses, a porcelain Miss Piggy, and many, many books.

For parents trying to look hip, no effort goes unpunished.

The artist, who got famous by going viral, discusses refusing to play the TikTok game with her new record, turning to a life of slowness and privacy, and maybe auditioning for a musical.

The actor, who starred in the play “Dear Mr. Thomas,” tours the poet’s old haunts with his partner, Keri Russell, and finds them disappointingly not crummy.

Enlightenment liberalism fragmented the world by neglecting the social nature of the self, Taylor contends, but the Romantics can tell us how to restore a shared sense of meaning and purpose.

A holistic celebration of God’s True Cashmere, Brad Pitt and Sat Hari’s line of “quiet luxury” shirts with gemstone buttons. Gong bath, anyone?

The former NIAID director has been both lauded and demonized for his work during the COVID pandemic, but his autobiography insists that his career needs to be seen whole to be understood.

In a dinner series called the Line Up, line cooks, sous-chefs, and chefs de cuisine from buzzy New York restaurants get to be executive chefs for a night.

Which is hotter? Talking geopolitics with the sexy nurse, or finding that the alluring young babysitter likes your unpublished novel?

“Even now, what do I know?”

“Long Island,” “Ask Me Again,” “Orwell’s Ghosts,” and “Vows.”

After reaping huge profits in the Biden years, some Wall Street billionaires and tech barons are throwing their support behind the President’s rival, who is desperate for their money.