The Surefire Way to Cook Perfect Rice (Without a Rice Cooker)
To hear the cook, writer and teacher Sonoko Sakai tell it, “1955 is the year my mother was liberated.” Several… Read More »The Surefire Way to Cook Perfect Rice (Without a Rice Cooker)
‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The science journalist and author Ed Yong likes to joke that during the first wave of Covid-19 in 2020, the… Read More »‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
I’ve Learned My Sister’s Therapist Is Also a Spiritual Medium. Help!
A Note from the Ethicist Not long ago, I replied to a question from a young gay man who was… Read More »I’ve Learned My Sister’s Therapist Is Also a Spiritual Medium. Help!
The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself
In the Wichita courtroom, Hanes offered his only public reflection on the bank collapse. Wearing a gray suit, he walked… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself
Judge John Hodgman on Talking During Brushing
Morgan writes: My lover refuses to brush her teeth with me. She fears she will die of corniness if she… Read More »Judge John Hodgman on Talking During Brushing
The Comedian Looking for Something All of America Can Laugh At
Wood isn’t one to let an opportunity slip through his fingers. “I ain’t from the land of dreams,” he told… Read More »The Comedian Looking for Something All of America Can Laugh At
How the ‘Manosphere’ Became Mainstream Entertainment
People still yearn for that trace of meanness, that disregard for niceties. Portnoy likes pizza with char on the bottom,… Read More »How the ‘Manosphere’ Became Mainstream Entertainment
I Wrote a Leniency Letter on My Ex’s Behalf. Did I Overstep?
Readers Respond Last week’s question was from a young man with a particular “type.” He wrote: “I’m a straight white… Read More »I Wrote a Leniency Letter on My Ex’s Behalf. Did I Overstep?
When Remaking a Masterpiece Is Worth the Risk
“Eggers’s movies have always featured emotional intensities that can seem overdone in their in-your-face aggressiveness.” But this new “Nosferatu” is… Read More »When Remaking a Masterpiece Is Worth the Risk
London’s Most Despised Thoroughfare Is Actually Kind of Great
And there, paying no mind to any of it, are the hundreds of bodies jostling against one another as they… Read More »London’s Most Despised Thoroughfare Is Actually Kind of Great