Narratives With No Need for Translation
The New York Times
The technologies by which we find, publish and spread stories have broken open who gets to speak and what they might say.
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Real Debate Behind the Media Circus
The New York Times
An age of hyperconnectedness has obscured the fact that the Republicans, for all the wackiness, have put on a serious tournament of ideas this time around.
Read moreDating Site for Married Couples
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HowAboutWe started off like most dating sites by targeting lonely singles. But then its founders had a novel idea. Why not set up romantic dates for slouchy husbands and exhausted moms, too?
Read moreA New, Noisier Way of Writing
The New York Times
Modern life challenges the picture of the writer-as-island. For one thing, the writer is besieged by an ever more instantaneous culture.
Read moreTwo Classes Divided by a Kitchen Door
The New York Times
In America today, restaurants are some of the last places where the educated elite mingle with the working class.
Read moreReviving the Idea of America
The New York Times
Problems in the United States go beyond economics. The culture appears to have lost its mojo, its churning energy. The writings of Alexis de Tocqueville could point the way forward.
Read moreOn Sidelines, Candidate Speaks Freely
The New York Times
Buddy Roemer, a long-shot candidate with little to lose, says American politics is plagued by a “plantation mentality” and that the wealth that built the United States may yet stifle its democracy.
Read moreBrazil Tries Pragmatism, Not Politics
The New York Times
To turn around its moribund economy, the country had to depoliticize the process. The result, says one scholar, has been building a socially oriented — and successful — market.
Read moreIs It a Crisis? Maybe So, if You’re a King
The New York Times
A dramatic shifting of power or an economic realignment can be viewed as a calamity by those with much to lose. But to others engaged in or benefiting from change, it looks like something else.
Read moreModifying a Definition of Modernity
The New York Times
Until recently, being ‘modern’ signaled a full embrace of the present and future, and an eschewing the societal constraints of the past. But as the idea advances globally, it is also being tweaked.
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