The Permanent Upper Crow

Anatomy of a Trump Insult

A Moment of Truth for American Grass

Every time the United States hosts a major international soccer tournament, the world’s finest players unite to complain about our god-awful fields. At the 2024 Copa América, the Argentine goalkeeper Emi Martínez—widely regarded as one of the best in the world—described the field in Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium as both “a trampoline” and “a disaster.” Last year, Chelsea’s captain, Reece James, who played a Club World Cup match in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, called the pitch bad for the...

Your Search Results Are Getting Sloptimized

According to Shopify, the best e-commerce platform is Shopify. On its blog, the company has published at least 60 different ranked listicles, including “10 Best Ecommerce Platforms for Small Business in 2026,” “11 Best Ecommerce Platforms for Your Business in 2026,” “The 11 Best Cheap Ecommerce Platforms for Small Business (2026),” and “Best Ecommerce Software 2026: Compare 11 Top Platforms.”

Nice Guys Are Hot Again

Like Ernest Hemingway’s description of bankruptcy, Off Campus’s takeover of my phone happened gradually, then all at once. First came a single—extremely abashed—recommendation from a friend for Amazon’s eight-episode college romance about a star athlete and a music student, followed by what felt like a tsunami of endorsements from adult women far and wide, accompanied by GIFs, reels, images, and custom emoji, all featuring the Byronic hockey player Garrett Graham (played by Belmont Cameli)....