David Brooks

We’re Living Through the Great Detachment

America is becoming more loveless: less dating, less marriage, less friendship, less patriotism. But love outside of self is what makes life meaningful.

The Ezra Klein Show

This Question Can Change Your Life

Drawing on a Buddhist meditation, the writer Stephen Batchelor asks: What is this?

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Nicolas Gourault

Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes

The unseen workers who help train A.I.

‘The Ezra Klein Show’ 2025 Book Recommendations

Readings that the podcast’s guests say shaped their thinking.

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What to Expect From Mayor Mamdani

Readers share their hopes and anxieties as New York’s new mayor takes office. Also: Unsubscribing from the Kennedy Center; protesting Trump.

Life Led Them to Brooklyn, but to Which Two-Bedroom Condo?

A couple moved up from Asheville, N.C., to be closer to their children and grandchild. On the checklist: a newer building and fun things to do.

Help! Bedbugs Attacked Us, and Our Luxury Hotel Won’t Admit It.

A country resort near Paris refused to cover $800 worth of medical and cleaning bills for a couple who woke up covered in bites. They’d like their stay comped, too.

My Mother’s Last, Best Gift Was an Astonishing Secret

It took my mother getting Alzheimer’s for my siblings and me to learn the truth about our family and childhood.

In 2026, Resolve to Get Stronger

Start with one of these five-strength training goals from fitness experts.

My Mother Is Estranged From Her Brother. Can I Help?

A reader is hesitant to interfere in a yearlong mother-and-uncle skirmish, despite one party’s track record for torpedoing close relationships.