Up in the Air

The majesty of New York City still mystifies

You Must Be Joking

A comic book, a movie, politics, and race

Language Unbound

How the words we use influence how we think

On the Turning Away

Our tendency to ignore human suffering

License to Chill

Life slows down when you can’t drive

Existential Split

On feeling the pull of home

A laptop sits open on a rustic wooden table next to a coffee and an evocative travel photograph

Too Much of a Good Thing

Relief at the end of summer vacation

Priceless Moments

How having children focuses a writer’s mind

Life on a Razor’s Edge

The hidden joys of shaving

Vicarious Pleasure

The joy of seeing a friend succeed

White Out?

Climate vs. Comfort

How much would you sacrifice to do your part?

Make Social Media Great Again

… Or at least tolerable

The Art of Finding Time

(And finding time for art)

The Great Distraction

Why we talk about anything but climate change

An Office of One’s Own

The unlikely liberation of commuting to a desk

Taking It to the Streets

Darkness descends on the City of Light

Hip-hop in the Alps

A transcendent mountaintop moment

Protected by Privilege?

An exercise in illogic

Bill of Health

The shock of entering the American health-care system

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