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How to Have a Happy Retirement
Coming to terms with being alone is crucial. Solitude is an older person’s need, something that has to be built into a day like all the other…
Gerald Marzorati
How to Build the Perfect City
If we make our neighborhoods better, we make our lives better, which makes our society better.
Chris Arnade
She Lost Her Husband. I Lost My Wife. Now We’re a Couple.
Love’s more complicated the second time around. The sweetness doesn’t erase the sorrow. The feelings coexist. We have each lost the love of our life…
Marty Goldensohn
The Free Press Guide to Summer Reading
Abigail Shrier on Douglas Murray. Nellie Bowles on Jesus. Niall Ferguson on his favorite sci-fi novel. This is the ultimate Free Press reading list.
Isaac Grafstein
The Secret of Good Grandparenting
Let your children be the parents they want to be, not the parents you want them to be.
Julie Rose
Virginity Is the Last Taboo
A secret? A prize? A burden? A social construct? I asked a dozen women who didn’t have sex until later in life: What does ‘virginity’ mean to you?
Kat Rosenfield
When the Phone Stops Ringing
I enjoyed the prestige of touring with famous singers, but I knew—absolutely knew—that it was not my true destiny.
Steven Blier
When Iranian Missiles Interrupt Shabbat Dinner
As missiles rain down on Tel Aviv, every invitation issued to Shabbat dinner and every Frisbee thrown on the beach has become an act of defiance.
Polina Fradkin
I Was a Bad Dad. Then My Son Gave Me a Second Chance.
In my 30s, I wasn’t there for my three older kids. Then I had a fourth the year I turned 59, and he was my redemption staring me in the face.
Joe Nocera
Suzy Weiss: How Disney Girls Grow Up
Plus: How much sex is too much sex? Bob Dylan does something very weird. And a new memoir about celibacy.
Suzy Weiss
Stop Striving and Have a Baby
Growing up rich in Manhattan, I was taught that becoming a parent meant your life was over. My baby daughter has taught me something else.
Nicholas Clairmont
Suzy Weiss: My Afternoon with the Vibe Coders
Plus: Tech feuds, Jesse Armstrong’s new movie, Taylor Swift’s grudges. And more!
Suzy Weiss
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