Lifestyle
Reflections on the here and now.
- Batter Up Joseph Epstein 05/11/2013
- The national pastime may be past its time. But those who think it’s boring need to think again.
- Is Football on Its Deathbed? Alan W. Dowd 05/05/2013
- Lawsuits over players’ brain injuries have some saying football is dead. In fact, it has dislodged baseball as the national pastime and will remain America’s passion for decades to come.
- Lessons from a Feminist Paradise on Equal Pay Day Christina Hoff Sommers 04/09/2013
- Sweden seems to be an egalitarian, feminist utopia. So why are American women ahead of their Swedish counterparts in breaking through the glass ceiling?
- Expecting the Unexpecting Michael M. Rosen 03/25/2013
- Jonathan Last’s recent book gives an incisive analysis of the plummeting U.S. birth rate's key economic effects.
- Accelerated Learning Would Add Trillions of Dollars in Wealth Reuven Brenner 03/21/2013
- If students could complete their education a year faster, the many benefits would include increased personal wealth, decreased government spending, and more sustainable entitlement programs.
- March Sanity Joseph Epstein 03/20/2013
- For a long while we have not been seeing college basketball at its best — the coaches are unpleasant and the most talented college-age players aren’t playing college ball. Still, I’ll be watching a goodly share of March Madness.
- The Unnaturals Joseph Epstein 02/22/2013
- What to think when a player looks like a rocker, a Fiat mechanic, a cable guy, a terrorist — anything but the very competitive athlete he is.
- Congratulations! You Have Arrived at the Greatest City on Earth John Steele Gordon 02/08/2013
- I have never failed to be moved by Grand Central’s incomparable (and irreplaceable) architectural grandeur.
- Sweat and Honor Robert McHenry 01/25/2013
- Is a genuine sports hero possible in our fallen but oh-so-very-knowing times?
- The Artist Athlete Joseph Epstein 01/04/2013
- Jocks sometimes rise to genuine athletic distinction, but they are not artist athletes, who comprise a different, more elevated category altogether.