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Intellectual rigor benefits from emotional investment.

The British historian A. L. Rowse showed that conveying the truth about human experience involves more than relaying facts.

Last week, I was awarded the National Book Award for Nonfiction. But my teenage sons gave me my biggest win.

Having my account hacked made me reconsider my social-media future.