The Trump Marathon
If Americans want to hold Trump accountable in a second term, they must keep their heads when he uses chaos as a strategy.
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
Gladiator II Is More Than Just a Spectacle
Ridley Scott’s ancient-Roman epic manages to find some beauty amid the savagery.
Trump’s Most Misunderstood Policy Proposal
Economists aren’t telling the whole truth about tariffs.
Put Down the Vacuum
Americans need to get off the tidiness treadmill.
Another Theory of the Trump Movement
Who else but Sigmund Freud to help explain?
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Understanding Desire in the Age of Ozempic
Many people who take GLP-1 drugs find that their cravings disappear. I went to a Buddhist monastery to try to understand why that doesn’t feel like enlightenment.
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