Our current use of “existential” is about as far removed from artsy-philosophical realms as you can imagine: It’s originally the province of […]
Trump has been merciless toward anyone else in government who reveals his administration’s secrets, tweeting that ‘‘the real story that Congress, the […]
This term, first used by medieval commentators (see Zimmerman, p. 27, note 6), is, itself, an inaccuracy: Rabbi Zera merely describes a […]
Pettiness often manifests itself as an outsize form of revenge — responding to mild slights by putting an absurd amount of energy […]
In the coming years, as most of America got online, some variation on the cyberporn cycle would repeat almost continuously: about chat-room […]
Given the growth of convenience — as an ideal, as a value, as a way of life — it is worth asking […]
If there’s any historical development over the past few years that has reinforced the new allergy to devil’s advocacy, it’s the ascent […]
The last thing a woman wants to be worrying about while in the heat of the moment is whether her arousal is […]
…out of the trauma and tragedy of the earlier decades of the 20th century, Jews redefined their image and reconstructed their roles […]
The United States had banned Mexican avocados since 1914 over fears of an insect infestation and cheaper competition. But in 1994, Mexico, […]
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