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August 1, 2014
Martha Stout
Is Modern Culture Making Us Crazier?
The science behind America's deepening disturbance
July 31, 2014
Esther Breger
A Timely New Spy Thriller Doesn't Over-Simplify Arab-Israeli Politics
July 31, 2014
Jonathan Israel, Lynn Hunt
Was Louis XVI Overthrown by Ideas?
July 31, 2014
Michael Kimmage
How Ronald Reagan Rode America's Delusions to the White House
Reviewing Rick Perlstein's 'The Invisible Bridge'
July 30, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Retire the Dead Presidents and Put These Women on Our Nation's Currency
July 30, 2014
William Giraldi
James Franco's Utterly Misguided Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy
What happens when a selfie-addicted celebrity takes on the darkest of American masters
July 30, 2014
Taylor Malmsheimer
Skin Cancer Is Skyrocketing in America—and Men Have It Worse
July 30, 2014
Hillary Kelly
The Most Iconic, Important Penguin Paperback Covers of All Time
July 30, 2014
Adam Kirsch
Ira Glass Is a Philistine for Saying Shakespeare Sucks, But He's in Good Company
Why writers have spent centuries attacking the Bard
July 29, 2014
David A. Bell
Making Money Shouldn't Be the Purpose of a College Education
Money magazine's college rankings are the most pernicious yet
July 29, 2014
Mehreen Zahra-Malik
Who Killed This Woman?
Her husband, father, or brothers? The mysterious story of one brutal honor killing in Pakistan.
July 29, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
An Attack on the Ivy League Is an Attack on Meritocracy Itself
July 28, 2014
Blaine Greteman
Can World of Warcraft Save Higher Education?
The latest ed trend seems like something you might have done in middle school
July 28, 2014
David Thomson
Philip Seymour Hoffman Is Haunting in His Last Major Role
'A Most Wanted Man' showcases the actor's uncompromising talent
July 28, 2014
George Bernard Shaw
In Defense of Public Libraries
July 28, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
In France, It Really Matters What Politicians Wear. Even Men.
François Hollande is just the country's latest fashion victim
July 28, 2014
Andrew Giambrone
I'm a Laborer's Son. I Went to Yale. I Am Not "Trapped in a Bubble of Privilege."
July 28, 2014
Judith Shulevitz
Science Is Changing What It Means to Be Dead
If you could freeze yourself until a future age, are you sure you'd want to?
July 28, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Plane Disasters Won’t Make People Afraid of Flying
July 28, 2014
Uzodinma Iweala
A Book By Jimmy Carter Led Me to Work for Richard Branson
'Talking Peace' provided a perspective on leadership as a combination of stubbornness, a moral compass, and an appetite for risk

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