Can a spouse be compelled to make the bed the right way?

By John Hodgman

Does mac and cheese count — if you bake it?

By John Hodgman

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how partners can evaluate their romantic histories together — and be honest and respectful in their assessments.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

Can potato peels “wear out” the dark, bladed maw that lives in your sink?

By John Hodgman

Forty-three years ago, he shot the president in a delusional bid for attention — one in a long line of disturbed young men who have bent the arc of the nation’s history.

By Mark O’Connell

A new Faye Dunaway documentary wants to turn us from gossips into cheerleaders.

By Dina Gachman

There’s no magic ingredient. You just need the right preparation.

By Eric Kim

The N.B.A. star talks Philly cheesesteaks, Twitter trolling and playing for Team U.S.A. over France in the Olympics.

By David Marchese

Partisan support for the killing of adversaries is much more widespread than anyone wants to admit.

By Charles Homans

Reed Timmer streams his pursuits of violent weather to millions of followers on social media, inspiring one of the leads in the new film “Twisters.”

By David Gelles

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on genealogy, record-keeping and notions of relation.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the duty one has to neighbors — and a forbidden pet in harm’s way.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

Players love recreating memorable images from basketball’s past.

By Ismail Muhammad

Lemon lifts this pasta dish filled with gorgeously rich, smoky tomatoes.

By Yotam Ottolenghi

Its easier to kick off a conversation when you’re sporting some fine footwear.

By Brent Holmes

The goal was to shield our house from the road, but it soon turned into something much more revealing.

By Heidi Julavits

The author of “Bowling Alone” warned us about social isolation and its effect on democracy a quarter century ago. Things have only gotten worse.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the complications of confession.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

Looking back on my life as a woman in the music industry, I’m unsettled by the inescapable sexism perpetrated by Sean Combs and others.

By Danyel Smith

Flawed science helped convict Russell Maze more than 20 years ago. The D.A.’s office now says it got it wrong. Why is he still behind bars?

By Pamela Colloff

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the kinds of information that can be burdensome to children.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

Over and over, they strain to persuade us that vegetables are healthy — and other things we’ve all known since childhood.

By Nicholas Cannariato

A buttermilk chess pie so good that it has followed a pastry chef around for more than a decade.

By Lisa Donovan

She was involved in a minor car accident three months earlier. Could that somehow be the cause?

By Lisa Sanders, M.D.

We’re told we should get rid of them. But one person’s menace can be another person’s medicine.

By Jennifer Kabat

Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me.

By Taffy Brodesser-Akner

His “X” trilogy — which culminates with “MaXXXine” — obsesses over cinema, stardom and the industry itself.

By Ryan Bradley

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether a starving artist with a personal safety net should receive government assistance.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on self-identification.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

The streaming hit, “The Boy’s Word,” about youth gangs in the last years of the Soviet Union, says grim things about the national mood.

By Alexander Nazaryan

New York is trying to treat an addictive substance just like any other product.

By Charles Fain Lehman

Mastic sap, also known as tears, enhance this light, creamy dessert.

By Ligaya Mishan

In a world of bad vibes, I just want to see an actor break.

By Rob Harvilla

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez flipped a rural red district to get to Congress. Now she wants to help her party do more of the same.

By Jason Zengerle

My dad always remembered his childhood journey through Europe. Now, with Alzheimer’s claiming his memories, we tried to recreate it.

By Francesca Mari

David Marchese talks to the comedy legend about navigating the minefield of fame, “Family Feud” and changing Hollywood forever.

By David Marchese

Should this father be trying to communicate in the language of the places he visits if it’s embarrassing his son?

By John Hodgman

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on cycles of abuse and a heartbreaking family secret.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

Long-running battles in the Himalayas may foretell a more dangerous conflict.

By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on a physician’s bedside manner — and the difference between justifiable concern and judgment.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

It’s been a challenge to follow the case. Here are its many twists and turns.

By Jonathan Mahler

After an accidental on-set shooting death — and two years of bitter legal combat — the movie star is about to have his day in court.

By Jonathan Mahler

The beloved chef’s admirers have given him a distinctly modern kind of digital afterlife — at the center of fondly parodic jokes.

By Becca Schuh

Vibrant, refreshing pink lemonade, a circus concession turned classic, is the taste of the season.

By Eric Kim

Producers selected three families to mimic late-19th-century homesteaders over five months. The resulting quarrels make the “Real Housewives” seem tame.

By Caity Weaver

Earth’s crust teems with subterranean life that we are only now beginning to understand.

By Ferris Jabr

The governor of Michigan isn’t saying it should be her, but she’s not saying it shouldn’t be, either.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on marital deception.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

It might be America’s most-played sport. Now it’s quietly becoming a TV success story.

By Devin Gordon

Can your partner be compelled to eat dessert at your preferred time?

By John Hodgman

The Magazine’s Ethicist columnist on boundaries in friendship and other intimate relationships.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

A Times investigation reveals a crisis of the military’s own making.

By Janet Reitman

Austin Valley’s death exposed the Army’s most urgent challenge: a suicide crisis among soldiers in peacetime.

By Janet Reitman

Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him visit them IRL.

By Tomas Weber

Dried limes can take your weeknight meal to the next level.

By Yotam Ottolenghi

Collecting these small keepsakes can help keep the places you love alive.

By Britta Lokting

As war killed all hope around her, Nevin Muhaisen fought to bring a new life into the world.

By Nicholas Casey

The greatest women’s tennis player of all time is trying to find her new normal in retirement.

By David Marchese

Alcohol is riskier than previously thought, but weighing the trade-offs of health risks can be deeply personal.

By Susan Dominus

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what happens when the implications of marital vows to love “in sickness and in health” become increasingly urgent.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

She first noticed the scent on her husband. Now her abilities are helping unlock new research in early disease detection.

By Scott Sayare

A growing body of evidence shows a link between these products and a number of health disorders in Black women.

By Linda Villarosa

They’ve been linked to reproductive disorders and cancers. Why are they still being marketed so aggressively to Black women?

By Linda Villarosa

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether a co-parent’s wishes should matter to a pregnant woman.

By Kwame Anthony Appiah

I was a singer heading out on tour. Losing my voice was terrifying — but it ended up teaching me everything about myself.

By Dessa

Cinephiles can’t seem to help obsessing over their favorite filmmakers’ personal style.

By Joshua Hunt

An Appalachian twist on a classic Latin American dessert connects cultures and identities for a pastry chef.

By Lisa Donovan

Living in a place with seasons is overrated. There’s nothing like a sweaty Florida summer to bring you back to your body.

By Laura van den Berg

The actress is taking on serious roles, trying to overcome self-doubt and sharing more about her personal life — but she’s not done being funny.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

If you’re tall, can you put your hiking boots on the dining table?

By John Hodgman