Up in the Air
The majesty of New York City still mystifies
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, October 23, 2019
You Must Be Joking
A comic book, a movie, politics, and race
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Language Unbound
How the words we use influence how we think
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, October 2, 2019
On the Turning Away
Our tendency to ignore human suffering
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, September 25, 2019
License to Chill
Life slows down when you can’t drive
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Existential Split
On feeling the pull of home
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Too Much of a Good Thing
Relief at the end of summer vacation
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Priceless Moments
How having children focuses a writer’s mind
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Life on a Razor’s Edge
The hidden joys of shaving
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Vicarious Pleasure
The joy of seeing a friend succeed
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, August 14, 2019
The Fiction of Race
When will we recognize it as such?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Rhetorical Rules of Engagement
Shunning those who disagree with us won’t help anyone
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Seaside Sojourns
Fleeing the heat of the French capital
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Step Aside
Do we really want to live in a society where credentials don’t matter?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Beating the Heat
Brittany is France’s best refuge from soaring temperatures
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Selective Lip Service
Attending an elite college is not an entitlement
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The Best and Worst of Times
A weekend trip exposes France’s contradictions
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Mornings of Stillness and Wonder
How my son is helping me to rediscover the City of Lights
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, June 5, 2019
The Battle of All Against All
What would a truly equal society look like?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Life in Black and White
A new volume commemorates the work of a brilliant photographer of the 1960s
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, May 15, 2019
