In this issue
Young Catholics are yearning for the weird, mysterious—and inspiring
How Julius Margulies turned chaos into art
How to make a million and destroy your economy at the same time
The holiday of Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai—and existential clarity
Scientists are investigating mystical accounts that have long drawn philosophers. What can these euphoric episodes reveal—and offer the dying?
How COVID nihilism, free government money, and technological innovation fueled a viral trend
The high-wire act of a profound soloist
How a fake fighter pilot, a real AI professor, and a chatbot nearly pulled off the perfect Israeli startup con, and what it cost the man who believed them
Why humans make better playmates
Underestimated by the political class, embraced by right-wing culture warriors, Argentina’s leader seized the moment. Three years later, is it a movement?
Milkshakes at the Tesla diner
Giuliano da Empoli’s ‘The Hour of the Predator,’ China Miéville’s ‘The City & the City,’ and Yasunari Kawabata’s ‘Snow Country’
A visit with the man who took me in when I was 5 years old
Genius rarely rides alone
The author discusses the benefits of eavesdropping, practicing tarot, and self care for retired feminist organizers
In a roundtable discussion, young adults who’ve become more religious than they were growing up talk about what led them to new levels of observance, how their families have reacted, what they’ve gained, and what they miss
Trying to make a political hero out of a man who, for better and worse, cared only about his art
From a Canadian island to a Bhutan monastery, some places possess a palpable energy
