Is American Literature Too Dark for TV?
The executive producer of Masterpiece says Jane Austen works a lot better on screen than Hemingway does.
Ideas 2015
Dispatches from the Aspen Ideas Festival/Spotlight Health
'That's Good Enough': Words Hollywood Producers Should Never Say to Themselves
Brian Grazer has some rules for success. He hasn’t always followed them.
The Lasting Legacy of Antonin Scalia?
The justice has redefined how the Supreme Court interprets statutes, a former Acting Solicitor General of the United States says.
Should Google Always Tell the Truth?
Search-engine architects must decide when their creations should act as a kind of expert and when they should neutrally direct people to what they are seeking.
Empathy: Overrated?
Be kind, show understanding, do good—but, some scientists say, don’t try to feel others’ pain.
The ‘Deep Discomfort’ With Talking About Sexuality in a Religious Context
Can churches and synagogues and mosques draw in more Millennials by changing their teachings on gay marriage and other issues?
Pope Francis and the American Culture War
What would the pontiff say about feelings of religious persecution on the political right?
How Math Can Defeat Bullies
The mathematician John Allen Paulos marvels at his field’s counterintuitive proofs. Yet his earliest intellectual thrill was the discovery that numeracy could empower even a child.
Michael Eisner to Goldie Hawn: Most Beautiful Women Can't Be Funny
The Disney CEO and the Oscar-winning actress compare notes on Hollywood.
David Petraeus on Syria, Attacking Iran, and the Threat From ISIS
The retired general and former CIA director holds forth on the Middle East.