In This New Year, Can We Change More Than Ourselves?
Why do we make the same New Year’s resolutions year after year? “Thiswill be the year that I will lose 20 pounds and exercise five days a week …
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The Ghost Wolves of Galveston Island
From a distance, the canids of Galveston Island, Texas, look almost like coyotes, prowling around the beach at night, eyes gleaming in the dark …
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil Is Hospitalized, Local Reports Say
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil was hospitalized on Monday in São Paulo to undergo treatment for a possible intestinal obstruction after …
To Save Democracy, First We Need to Make It Real
The Jan. 6 attack would not have happened in a genuine democracy. The attack was the most acute symptom — so far — of the political crisis that …
When Faced With Death, People Often Change Their Minds
My patient had done everything possible to avoid being intubated. After a traumatic hospitalization when she was young, she had consistently told …
Voting Rights Should Not Be the Focus of Election Reform
With their legislative agenda stymied for now, Democrats reportedly are hoping to take another crack at election reform. The Senate majority …
Twitter’s Former C.E.O. Has a ‘Too Bad, So Sad’ Approach to Content Moderation
Produced by ‘Sway’ Remember social media before Donald Trump’s presidency? Dick Costolo does. He was Twitter’s chief executive from 2010 to 2015 …
Skeptics Say, ‘Do Your Own Research.’ It’s Not That Simple.
A new slogan has emerged in the culture: “Do your own research.” On internet forums and social media platforms, people arguing about hotly …
How the E.U. Allowed Hungary to Become an Illiberal Model
BRUSSELS — After long indulging him, leaders in the European Union now widely consider one of their own, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary …
What I Learned About Death From 7 Religious Scholars, 1 Atheist and My Father
Just a few days before my father died in 2014, I asked him a question some might find insensitive or inappropriate: “So, what are your thoughts …