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Arthur Brooks: How to Give a Commencement Speech That Isn’t Awful
Most graduation speeches are either bland, preachy, or instantly forgotten. Here are four rules for giving one graduates might actually remember.
May 25, 2026
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: The Saddest Countries All Speak English
The English-speaking world doesn’t use social media more than the rest of the world—but it uses it differently, in ways that may be fueling isolation…
May 18, 2026
Arthur Brooks
The Past Wasn’t Inherently Better. So Why Does It Feel That Way?
A 12th-century Japanese poem captures the paradox of nostalgia: We don’t miss the past as it was—we miss it as we remember it.
April 17, 2026
Spencer Klavan
Arthur Brooks: Grade Inflation Won’t Make You Happy
At Harvard, inflated grades mirror easy-money economics: The more you hand out, the less they’re worth.
April 13, 2026
Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks: Don’t Waste Your Suffering
The modern fixation on a suffering-free life has left us fragile, anxious, and unfulfilled.
April 6, 2026
Arthur Brooks
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