The Republican Superstars Eager to Wish You Happy Birthday
Matt Gaetz, George Santos, Roger Stone — the celebrity-video app Cameo has become a key stop for embattled or notorious… Read More »The Republican Superstars Eager to Wish You Happy Birthday
I’m Speaking at a Friend’s Funeral. Can I Tell a Story that Could be Wrong?
I am going to tell a brief story about my friend at his funeral. The incident happened 65 years ago.… Read More »I’m Speaking at a Friend’s Funeral. Can I Tell a Story that Could be Wrong?
How Sign Language Can Help Us All Be Better Communicators
When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man… Read More »How Sign Language Can Help Us All Be Better Communicators
Do Our Dogs Have Something to Tell Us?
For Wynne, the buttons are not only entirely superfluous to the communication humans and dogs already have but also potentially… Read More »Do Our Dogs Have Something to Tell Us?
Should a 13-Year-Old Be Pressured Into Having an Abortion?
From the Ethicist: The way we think about freedom relates to ideals of autonomy. John Stuart Mill wrote, in a… Read More »Should a 13-Year-Old Be Pressured Into Having an Abortion?
‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
At the end of a tenure marked by war and division, the outgoing secretary of state defends his legacy on… Read More »‘The Interview’: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right Calls
Judge John Hodgman on Proper Mad Libs Etiquette
Erin writes: When playing Mad Libs, my husband, Andrew, chooses where to put the words I suggest, instead of filling… Read More »Judge John Hodgman on Proper Mad Libs Etiquette
She Often Fainted in Hot Weather. What Was Wrong?
The day was sweltering. The 61-year-old woman urged her donkey into a trot. She loved riding around the ring on… Read More »She Often Fainted in Hot Weather. What Was Wrong?
How James Earl Jones Found His Voice Through Silence
Before the answers to life’s questions fit in our pocket, you used to have to turn a dial. If you… Read More »How James Earl Jones Found His Voice Through Silence