Craig Stouffer

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Inside of a Waymo autonomous taxi car in Austin, Texas. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

What the driverless car debate can teach us about AI

Adam Thierer and Kevin Frazier · April 10, 2026 5:22 am

Tom Brady warms up at the Fanatics Flag Football Classic March 21 in Los Angeles. (Caroline Brehman/AP)

Tom Brady, reluctant retiree

W. James Antle III · April 10, 2026 5:17 am

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in "The Drama." (A24/Everett Collection)

Too much ‘Drama’

Peter Tonguette · April 10, 2026 5:15 am

Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara in Imperfect Women. (Courtesy of Apple TV)

Apple’s ‘Imperfect Women’ is a disaster

Graham Hillard · April 10, 2026 5:13 am

View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer, 1754. (Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

A lost art

Diane Scharper · April 10, 2026 5:10 am

Blockbuster employee Mat Wangrow arranges DVD's on a shelf inside a Blockbuster Video store January 6, 2003 in Park Ridge, Illinois. (Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

We used to have a proper video store

Peter Tonguette · April 10, 2026 5:07 am

wealth and democracy

Rich pitch

Michael M. Rosen · April 10, 2026 5:04 am

Orion Samuelson stands in the Channel Earth studios on April 22, 1997, in Chicago.

Orion Samuelson, 1934–2026

Daniel Ross Goodman · April 10, 2026 5:01 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Rental Ripoff Hearing at Fordham University on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, in New York.

Mamdani has a racial equity plan to inflict pain on New York

Washington Examiner · April 10, 2026 5:00 am

Members of the Chinese military carry a flag of China during the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP)

China-linked hedge fund executive showers vulnerable Democrats with cash as midterms approach

Robert Schmad · April 10, 2026 5:00 am

Empty aluminum cans

Energy and Environment

Iran war disrupts global aluminum supply, prolonging shortages for months

Maydeen Merino · April 10, 2026 5:00 am

Ted Danson and Shelley Long in Cheers (1982).

Pub trivia artifacts

Rob Long · April 10, 2026 4:46 am