Guest Essays

I worshiped Ronald Reagan and big hair in the 1980s. The MAGA youth of today remind me of myself.

By Elizabeth Spiers

Threatening vaccine access is not only bad science, it’s bad politics.

By Caitlin Rivers

The Justice Department’s loyalty game is new, dangerous and self-defeating.

By Daniel Richman

Had they merely read the summary, my students would have seen many of the same words, but they’d have lacked the feeling part.

By Tim Donahue

How the escalating measures available to courts would work.

By Trevor W. Morrison and Richard H. Pildes

A presidential visit to Beijing is an opportunity to make real progress in achieving a more balanced, stable relationship with China.

By Bonnie S. Glaser

People here illegally haven’t entered the social compact with the people of the United States.

By Randy E. Barnett and Ilan Wurman

Most of us aren’t hilarious or gorgeous or famous, and “Saturday Night Live” gives us access to all of those things.

By Curtis Sittenfeld

Charismatic influencers from a century ago presaged this moment.

By Jessica Grose

With an audience of over 120 million people, the performance broke viewership records. But at times it seemed designed to speak directly to me.

By Tiana Clark