A communist system works at the level of the family, but it can’t work at the level of the state. Zohran Mamdani has been swept into office by the appeal of infantile morality, writes Louise Perry on.wsj.com/4svz5gQ

Brigitte Bardot recognized that mass Muslim immigration was changing her country for the worse. She was 30 years ahead of the curve, writes Joseph Massey on.wsj.com/49a6OVH

After 95 years, Nancy Drew and the plots of her initial cases became fair game for others’ creative fancies, whether adaptations or complete reimaginings of the teenage detective, writes Brenda Cronin on.wsj.com/49vtoHn

“Don’t worry” is my go-to refrain for two good reasons: Anxiety is bad and young people need to hear somebody say it, writes Tom Shillue on.wsj.com/4pyITUN

I’m a longevity-seeker, but I’m nearly tapped out. I’m all for living well, so long as it involves actually living, writes Meghan Cox Gurdon on.wsj.com/3Yphcmi

Timothée Chalamet is the perfect actor of the moment, a man mirroring a world of lost boys who are bad at “adulting,” perhaps because they no longer have good role models to follow, writes Jonathan Shapiro on.wsj.com/4svzwru

The pillars of the Western tradition are crumbling. I must provide my son with moral tools so that he doesn’t become uncivilized, too, writes Sarah Baird on.wsj.com/4boB7Jz

“Change in Iran is ultimately in the hands of the people of Iran themselves,” Reza Pahlavi says, in an interview with Tunku Varadarajan. “I think Iranians are finding our path again, and I’m here to help.” on.wsj.com/4ju8TPy

Climate catastrophism isn’t merely bad science. It leads to bad policy. Politicians who see disasters as primarily the result of climate change let themselves off the hook for the many things that could be done to reduce risks, writes Jim Meigs on.wsj.com/45v8YwM

In matters of duty to one’s country, right is right, and wrong is wrong. Just as we commemorate our heroes long after they’re gone, so too do we continue to condemn traitors, writes Nic Rowan on.wsj.com/49wWnKJ

Venezuela’s beauty pageant industry lost its sparkle under Chávez and Maduro, writes @mj_koch on.wsj.com/3Yvr65N

Netflix’s theatrical release of “Stranger Things” is a glimpse into a fragmented and disposable pop-culture future, writes Jack Butler on.wsj.com/45H0L8I

The government’s official nutrition guidance has been revised and updated—again. The demotion of whole grains and elevation of protein and dairy are just another part of the never-ending debate, writes Matthew Hennessey on.wsj.com/4jyxSBp

By relentlessly focusing on doomsday climate scenarios, our media and political leaders have made many Americans more vulnerable to the here-and-now risks posed by storms and fires, writes Jim Meigs on.wsj.com/45nAEUv

Old people make young people worry without realizing it. Boomers and Gen Xers love nostalgia, and part of nostalgia is acting like everything was better in the bygone days, writes Tom Shillue. on.wsj.com/3Z1cDP8

No one mourns Aldrich Ames. Nor should we. Unlike some other notable double agents in the Cold War, he never even attempted to justify his actions with high-minded rhetoric, writes Nic Rowan on.wsj.com/4bvfszo

Economic hardship has forced many would-be Venezuelan beauty queens to compete for other nations, writes @mj_koch on.wsj.com/4aKj68p

The Venezuelan pageant industry has long been a source of national pride, but some now see Venezuela’s beauty pageants as political tools used by the regime to distract from the nation’s crises, writes @mj_koch. on.wsj.com/4aMOJhH

TV can have a cultural footprint. But movies always had a distinct and deeper one because they appeared in theaters. They demanded moviegoers’ money, time and attention, becoming a shared experience, writes Jack Butler on.wsj.com/4suClcj