The Mind of Donald Trump
Narcissism, disagreeableness, grandiosity—a psychologist investigates how Trump’s extraordinary personality might shape his possible presidency.
A psychological guide to a Trump presidency, a different Trump on Pennsylvania Avenue, teaching children resilience, the rise and fall of UFC champ Conor McGregor, Proust on a cellphone, and much more
Narcissism, disagreeableness, grandiosity—a psychologist investigates how Trump’s extraordinary personality might shape his possible presidency.
The forensic technique is becoming ever more common—and ever less reliable.
In recent years, the idea that educators should be teaching kids qualities like grit and self-control has caught on. Successful strategies, though, are hard to come by.
But we’re better off believing in it anyway.
I glided through sentence after sentence, volume after volume, on my Android in the nighttime darkness. The experience was remarkably ... Proustian.
The country’s population is aging and shrinking. That means big consequences for its economy—and America’s global standing.
“I prayed and he got me to the other side.”
One way or another, there will be a Trump on Pennsylvania Avenue next year.
So why do people behave as though it is?
A national system of electricity transmission could cut power-plant emissions by 80 percent.
Scientists are working on nonaddictive opiates, pills that sober you up, and pot designed to produce certain moods.
Wide, wild eyes, a migration of facial features toward the center—could you be suffering from this grim condition? A very short book excerpt.
A fantastically entertaining—and bankable—athlete shies away from the chance to reclaim MMA glory.
Less visible than the rise of income inequality in America is its impact in shaping the country’s urban neighborhoods. Two books—by Matthew Desmond and Mitchell Duneier—could help change that.
The sisters turned domestic constraints into grist for brilliant books.
Their discovery wasn’t predestined, nor do they dictate our destinies—and current ideas about them may die.
A mother and daughter wade through the loss of father and son in Olja Savičević’s bleakly bizarre novel Adios, Cowboy.
Max Porter’s debut novel careens between mocking hilarity and heartbreaking sorrow.
Readers respond to our April 2016 cover story.
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