American lawmakers are becoming ever-more Kafkaesque in their contorted attempts to reassure us that they’re working in our best interests while suppressing, cajoling and outright bullying those who might hold a different point of view. That’s why people like journalist Will Potter matter more than ever.
Everyone has secrets that they hold onto in order to protect their relationship, but is this healthy? A new study shows how secret-keeping can affect your mental health.
What can American parents learn from how other cultures think about parenting? A look at attitudes in Norway, Japan and Spain on the pressure to “parent” kids (as a verb).
Neil Gaiman writes stunningly original stories that can make the skin crawl and the teeth chatter. But his latest work might sound familiar: it’s an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm breadcrumb dropper, Hansel & Gretel.
Musician and sound artist Jason Sweeney lives and works in Adelaide, Australia; he describes it as “a prototype for what a developed city in the western world could be like.” Here, he tells Alison Prato about life in his city.
Can you optimize a company for calm, not chaos? That’s what entrepreneurs Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson decided to do after they founded Basecamp. Here are 4 strategies they use to minimize distraction and maximize quality work time.