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
Climate vs. Comfort
How much would you sacrifice to do your part?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Make Social Media Great Again
… Or at least tolerable
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, January 30, 2019
The Art of Finding Time
(And finding time for art)
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The Great Distraction
Why we talk about anything but climate change
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, January 16, 2019
An Office of One’s Own
The unlikely liberation of commuting to a desk
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Taking It to the Streets
Darkness descends on the City of Light
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Hip-hop in the Alps
A transcendent mountaintop moment
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Protected by Privilege?
An exercise in illogic
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Bill of Health
The shock of entering the American health-care system