Spin It. Twist It. Now, Don’t You Feel Better?
Fidget jewelry, the movable pieces that behavioral experts say can help control nail-biting and other anxious habits, don’t have to...
The Best Baseball Team Behind Bars
The paper fliers went up early one morning in April, an advertisement of hope in the cell blocks of California’s...
Living, Breathing, Seeing and Teaching Theater
As dean of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University and artistic director of Yale Repertory Theater, James...
Tender Moments in Japan Transcend a Game’s Violence
Tender music, a sprawling Japanese world and a devastated family moved me within an hour of starting Ghost of Yotei,...
Before Berlin’s Cowboys Are Booted Off Their Land, One Final Hoedown
On a recent windy November evening, the town’s sheriff and a handful of his deputies, clad in duster coats and...
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
One of the more bewildering aspects of the already high-stress endeavor of 21st-century American parenting is that at some point...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
The ultrawealthy have long lorded their money and might over university presidents, pelting them with ideas and demands, promises and...
He Saw the Best of America and Then Fought for Russia in Ukraine
He believed that a good leader should experience the worst of war alongside his soldiers. So, at the age of...
How ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Brought My Mother and Me Closer
The episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond” I remember most is “No Fat,” from the third season. Marie (Doris Roberts) wants...
She’ll Do Anything to Land Her Dream House. No, Really: Anything.
BEST OFFER WINS, by Marisa Kashino According to the historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (and a great many Etsy mugs), “Well-behaved...
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Musicals
If you had to convince a nonbeliever, in just a few minutes, why they should make musical theater their religion,...
When Luxury Brands Make Woven Leather Bags, He Gets a Call
On a cloudy Sunday morning in October, Craig Wright was at the Tuileries Garden in Paris for Premiere Classe, a...
Want to Save Money on Skiing? Here Are 6 Ways to Pay Less
Multiresort season passes, like the Mountain Collective, the Epic from Vail Resorts or the Ikon from Alterra Mountain Company, have...
The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
The second Trump administration is already breaking through constitutional constraints on its power and subverting the rule of law. So...
A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy
It could turn out to be the costliest story ever written in a Utah weekly newspaper. In April 2015, the...
