How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
How to Define Old Age
Why would the World Health Organization want to call “old age” a disease?
Why Do Collaborators Do It?
In a new novel, Daniel Kehlmann considers why the director G. W. Pabst worked with the Nazis.
Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks
The president will attend a fundraiser and a showing of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
Women are expected to be nurturers. Firstborns are expected to be exemplars. Being both is exhausting.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
The Cost of Perfection
Modern women were told they could become stars by turning the camera onto their home life. But at what price?
An ‘America First’ Deal With the Houthis
The U.S. has extracted itself from the conflict, not ended it.
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