A Colorful Massachusetts Memoir, With a Cross-Cultural Twist
YEAR OF THE WATER HORSE: A Memoir, by Janice Page Janice Page’s Taiwanese husband, James, has a standard response to...
How a Kansas Republican Became Part of a Racist, Antisemitic Group Chat
In 2023, the Kansas Republican Party was in turmoil. A new state party chair was throwing his weight behind a...
Actually, the bar exam failed Kim Kardashian
Max Raskin is a fellow and adjunct professor of law at New York University School of Law. He is a...
A Rich Chickpea Stew That Tastes Like an Oasis
On a snowy night 20 winters ago, Michael Shaikh stood outside his friend Tamim’s house in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, waiting...
Mormon Women Are Taking Over Our Screens
This fall, as Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck were competing for the mirror ball trophy on ABC’s “Dancing With the...
What Josh Shapiro Believes
It is a rare thing to see Josh Shapiro sweat. For all the grief the Pennsylvania governor gets for imitating...
The loneliest Americans, according to a survey of 3,000 adults
Americans are growing lonelier, according to new research released Wednesday, even when they’re not actually alone. An increasing number of...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
In the quiet hum of our digital era, a new literary voice is sounding. You can find this signature style...
Republicans nix bill naming D.C. post office after Chuck Brown
It seemed simple enough: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), the District’s nonvoting delegate in the House, introduced a bill to...
The Man Who Wrote Songs for the Muppets and the Carpenters Takes a Bow
In 1977, the day after Paul Williams won an Oscar for writing lyrics for “Evergreen” — the theme song from...
