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  • Will the Future Judge Us in the Same Way We Judge the Past?

    Will the Future Judge Us in the Same Way We Judge the Past?0

    The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. – L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between   In the summer of 1973, I spent a week in Bavaria, where I met an older woman whom I’ll call Heidi. Fifty years before, Heidi’s father managed a hotel on the Chiemsee, frequently hosting Adolph Hitler, who at that

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  • How to Win Arguments When You Haven’t a Leg to Stand On

    How to Win Arguments When You Haven’t a Leg to Stand On0

    A number of studies have shown links between depression and internet use. This being the case, who better than the 19th Century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) to be named as the official philosopher of the internet? For thorough-going gloom, it is hard to beat Schopenhauer. “Life is an unpleasant business,” he said as a young

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  • 4 Ways to Navigate Toddler Meltdowns While Shopping

    4 Ways to Navigate Toddler Meltdowns While Shopping0

    What’s worse than being stuck in a long line at the supermarket? Being stuck in a long line at the supermarket while your child is having a meltdown. Every parent has been there, and it’s every parent’s worst nightmare. My kids are four and two – in other words, prime ages for throwing fits in

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  • Bonfires of Bigotry: The Sources of Our Present Anger

    Bonfires of Bigotry: The Sources of Our Present Anger0

    A few questions for my readers: When you are shopping at WalMart or your local mall, do you constantly assess people by the color of their skin? When the pigmentation of the clerk behind the register at the grocery store differs from your own, does bile rise in your throat? When you meet someone wearing

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  • The Soft Nihilism of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’

    The Soft Nihilism of John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’4

    In 1971, John Lennon asked us to imagine a world with “no heaven,” “no hell,” “no religion,” and “nothing to kill or die for.” Thirty-six years later, the piano on which he wrote that iconic anthem embarked on a “symbolic road trip for peace” that took it to sites of violence and persecution around the

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  • Alexandra Tolstoy and the Appeal of a Simple Life

    Alexandra Tolstoy and the Appeal of a Simple Life0

    “Have you ever heard of Alexandra Tolstoy?” Responding to this question with a bit of a blank stare, my friend flourished his smartphone and began showing me a few pictures from Tolstoy’s Instagram page. One was of Tolstoy and her small daughter posing hand-in-hand. “Cute dress,” I responded. “My wife loves following her,” my friend

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