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Rather than devote this space to humor, as I sometimes do, this week I want to speak about a very serious subject: A.1. Wherever we...

Welcome! Let’s gather so you can all hear me. It’s wonderful that you’re applying to Be a Person—and, specifically, that you’re applying here! My name...

Crisis and controversy have struck the New York Times on many occasions since its founding, in the eighteen-fifties. Few threats, however, have been as grave...

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Following a comprehensive internal review (conducted mostly in my head, late at night, while you were asleep and breathing very loudly), I have decided to...

ME: Come sit down, honey. MY KID: Is something wrong, Dad? ME: No, nothing’s wrong, sweetheart. Nothing at all. We just need to have a...

Congress finally passed a comprehensive new Voting Rights Act prior to the midterms, which includes the following stipulations. Requirements for a legitimate voter I.D. in...

He called me. I want to be clear about that. I didn’t call Him. He invited me up personally. Very selective crowd. Very hard ticket....

“That’s what happens when you eat something!” the Pied Piper said. “It goes away! That’s how food works!” And the kid cried harder. A lot...

It used to be called the Roberts Institute for Living, but everybody knew that it was the insane asylum, and that’s what people called it....