America’s burgeoning money culture is producing a record number of heirs—but handing down values is harder than handing down wealth.

Contemplating Clinton II.

Advice for Hillary Clinton from the former prime minister of Pakistan.

With shows like Project Runway and Top Chef, the Bravo cable channel skillfully packages the fantasy that gifted amateurs can break into the big time. But make no mistake: It is a fantasy.

Through mind-numbing repetition and bizarre campaign-trail torture, our candidates can seem reduced to pale copies of themselves. But here’s the scariest part: The process works.

Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer on Hamlet, cell phones, and other problems of the modern stage.

Waldorf hysteria.

This coming Congress, though, Democrats will be in charge of both the House and the Senate for the first time in twelve years. Guess who’ll be wielding gavels, calling the shots? Us.

In a culture where work can be a religion, burnout is its crisis of faith.

The junior senator from Illinois might take the country to a place it’s never been, past the baby boom, beyond race. To many Democrats, and even a lot of Republicans, the prospect is thrilling—but is it for real?