Makeup and Money: The Persuasive Pull of Beauty Influencers
In the world of big cosmetics companies, authenticity has become a currency
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Kill the Travel Bug: The Case for Staying Put
Why we prioritize globe-trotting over all else, even a plague
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Love and Antisemitism in Palm Beach, Florida
As a newlywed, Barbara Amiel desperately wanted to fit in with Conrad Black’s Palm Beach crowd. The only problem? His country club didn’t admit Jews
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Why We’re So Bad at Disaster Planning
Just because we see something coming, that doesn’t mean we can stop it
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Writing in My Father’s Voice
My parents lived through the Partition of India. To tell their stories, I had to put myself in their shoes
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Why Nostalgia Is Our New Normal
For hundreds of years, doctors thought nostalgia was a disease. Now, it’s a name for our modern condition
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Can Fiction Truly Capture the Mind of a Tyrant?
Dimitri Nasrallah’s new novel tells a timely story about the fall of a strongman dynasty
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The Consequences of Growing up without a Father
A growing lack of male role models in families has left young men vulnerable
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How Schools Can Stop Killing Creativity
With the world in crisis, it’s more urgent than ever for students to develop original thinking
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My Second Life as a White Writer
I publish thrillers under a pseudonym because I know how my creative choices will be interpreted by an industry fixated with identity
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