Five Books That Changed Readers’ Minds
These titles will challenge your expectations.
Spit
A short story
The Worst Advice Parents Can Give First-Year Students
Today’s college students will have ample time to figure out their careers. Before that, encourage them to take risks.
Poem With the Last Line as the First
For Sunday
The Words People Write on Their Skin
On a small boat in Thailand, a young Korean tourist showed me the word High tattooed on his torso. “It’s because I like to get high,” he said.
Kamala Harris’s Momentum at the Convention
“Will this propel her forward?”
It Eats Plastic. You Eat It.
Scientists have created a nutritious powder from plastic-consuming microbes.
What Happens When You Pay Attention to Food
It’s a cliché to say that food is about much more than eating—it’s about connection, family, experience—but our busy lives make it easy to forget that.
What the Freshman Class Needs to Read
It is no small part of a liberal education to show students the broad range of meaningful lives they might aspire to lead.
Why RFK Jr. Endorsed Trump
The Trump-Kennedy pairing makes a certain kind of sense.
An Old-Time American Political Convention
We haven’t seen one of those in a long time.
Donald Trump, AI Artist
MAGA memes are getting a makeover.
RFK Jr. Was My Drug Dealer
Kennedy’s endorsement of Donald Trump raises an awkward question.
The DNC Should Have Had a Palestinian American Speaker
Supporters of the Palestinian cause have been left with few options politically.
Bidenomics Without Biden
Kamala Harris is selling the administration’s policies without trying to defend its record.
What Kamala Harris Doesn’t Get About Food Costs
The real culprit is the host of federal laws and regulations propping up prices to benefit corporate interests.
It’s Sorkin Again in America
At the Chicago convention, the party rediscovered its faith in institutions.
Christian Parents Have a Blueprint for IVF
Instead of maximizing the numbers of embryos created, some couples are trying to create only as many as they’ll use.
Go Ahead, Put Down That Book
There’s no reason to agonize over the titles you don’t finish.
Trump and the Cocaine Owl
Welcome to the Republicans’ convention counterprogramming.