Analysis & Investigations
Opinion
Trump Keeps Saying He Wants to Leave NATO. Maybe He Already Has.
President Trump is very, very disappointed in NATO. He has been critical of the alliance for years, but the refusal of other members to...
Analysis & Investigations
Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? It depends on the screen
The Swedish government recently announced it was moving from the classroom use of digital devices back to physical books. It...
Opinion
Trump may be toxic and Orbán is gone, but Europe’s far right is not in decline | Cas Mudde
Viktor Orbán’s crushing defeat in last month’s Hungarian election has led to an outbreak of democratic optimism. Across the globe, democrats are drawing lessons...
Analysis & Investigations
Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No. But it’s not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us
In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious.Dawkins did not express...
Opinion
Understanding the challenges of living with a cleft lip | Letters
With reference to the article by Hugh Davies about his experiences of having been born with a cleft lip (A moment that changed me:...
Opinion
How to ensure donors can’t buy political influence | Letters
George Monbiot is surely right that large private donations poison democratic trust, whether or not corruption can ever be shown (Political donations are poison...
Opinion
‘Not a Perfect Union’: Neil Gorsuch on America at 250
Well, that’s like saying, hey, Gorsuch, lie down on this couch and analyze yourself. But I’ll take a shot at it. O.K I’ll take...
Opinion
The Guardian view on a cryptic crossword landmark: 30,000 grids of noble trickery | Editorial
Late in 1928, the Guardian made plans to give its readers a weekly cryptic puzzle.At the time, crosswords were considered a waste of time;...