David Brooks recently retired from writing his regular column (twice weekly for about 30 years) in the New York Times. He was a wise, principled conservative — neither a right-wing nor a left-wing ...

There is a certain magic to New Orleans that has never been easy to explain to those who haven’t felt it for themselves. It isn’t just in the music drifting down Frenchmen or the rhythm of a second ...

Relationships are ... complicated. Whether it be among friends, family, spouses or acquaintances, it can be hard to navigate others’ feelings, quirks and behavior. Some turn to trusted friends for ...

Annie Lane took on her share of miserable marriages, parental problems, and meddling mothers-in-law in 2025. We may not always agree with her advice, but readers were very interested in what she had ...

For more than four decades, Judith Martin, better known as “Miss Manners,” has guided readers through life’s most awkward social dilemmas, offering sharp wit, classic etiquette principles and ...

Stephen Colbert, with the No. 1 show on the major networks, was notified he was being canceled the day after he made the American public aware on July 16 that WIRED Magazine (published on July 15) ...

Have you ever tried to drag the header columns in an Excel spreadsheet to make them fit the text? I have and just when I think I’ve got it right, a quick glimpse down the line of columns usually ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Chris Rose reinvented himself. Before the storm, his role at The Times-Picayune revolved around chasing celebrities and casting himself as a character in feature ...

This is my final column for The Times. In the memo I wrote three years ago when applying for this job after 11 years at The Times Book Review, I vowed “to write to Times readers rather than to Twitter ...