The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

The creator of Bridget Jones, who grew up on Jane Austen and Jackie Collins, has no patience for “snobbery about escapist ...

The Book of Mormon follows two young missionaries ... but well meaning nerd whose tendency to embroider the truth soon lands him in trouble. Upon their arrival in Africa, Elders Price and ...

But there is always more that can be said. In the HWG, sickness in a believer’s life is mainly due to a lack of faith (and/or ...

From encouraging saying ‘no’ to more work and social obligations, to advocating for four-day workweeks and communal napping, rest experts and influencers discuss the upsides of downtime ...

As a 2023 law restricting schools from curriculum and instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation for kindergarten through 6th grade remains challenged in court, state lawmakers on ...

But that hasn’t stopped us from being fascinated by intelligence tests that attempt to assign a numerical value to how smart ...

Rick Doblin had come to believe that psychedelic experiences are the "common core" of all religions, and he wanted to test ...

When our brilliant, inquisitive colleague Kelsey McKinney last participated in the Defector staff author interview series, ...

Malcolm’s letters to a source reveal the intimate relationship behind one of her most influential pieces.

In this post, I explain how a newly introduced bias--likelihood neglect bias--can prevent us from forming accurate judgments ...