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The Book That Saved Me from Wasting My Life
I was 24, miserable at my desk job, and convinced I had to stick it out. Then I read a book that made me realize I could choose differently.
Jack Raines
When Publishers Pick Sides
Simon & Schuster can publish whomever it likes, including Susan Abulhawa. But if it stands by her antisemitic views, I will sadly look for another…
Gerald Posner
The Dark Side of Motherhood
And what Amy Chozick learned after years of covering women like Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Holmes, and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
Suzy Weiss
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Stop Overthinking ‘The Odyssey’
Plus: That viral raccoon in Seattle. The ‘blessed drudgery’ of motherhood. And more!
Suzy Weiss
A Letter to the Free-Speech Hypocrite Who Ran PEN America
The organization, founded to defend writers and free expression, published testimony from silenced Jewish and Israeli writers. Its president quit in…
William Kolbrener
Why You Should Start a Business in Your 20s. Plus . . .
Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ isn’t woke after all. Joseph Epstein says ‘Catcher in the Rye’ is ‘far from rereadable.’ The book that changed how we…
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Read ‘Catcher in the Rye’ When You’re Young, or Not at All
J.D. Salinger’s famous coming-of-age novel turned 75 this week. But if you ask Joseph Epstein, it’s not worth reading after the age of 20.
Joseph Epstein
The Book That Changed How We Think About Thinking
I first read Douglas Hofstadter’s 777-page ‘Gödel, Escher, Bach’ in 1983. It remains a masterpiece. But its message has become far more complicated.
Peter Coy
There Is Good and Evil. Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Isn’t Afraid to Say So.
Nolan trusts Homer—and his audience—to recognize that villains deserve defeat and heroes deserve to triumph.
Spencer Klavan
Don’t Become a Consultant. Start a Business.
When I co-founded the company behind Paw Patrol and Bakugan, I was 23, living with my mother, and had no business experience. That turned out to be my…
Ronnen Harary
Arthur Brooks: Could a Machine Write This Column?
AI is poised to transform the quest for a ‘better you.’ That has direct implications for my career. But I’m not worried.
Arthur Brooks
Daniel Mendelsohn: The Immortal Appeal of ‘The Odyssey’
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster is only the latest adaptation of a story that has captivated audiences for three millennia. Here’s why the epic poem has…
Daniel Mendelsohn
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