Joshua Wolf Shenk
Recent articles by Joshua Wolf Shenk
What Makes Us Happy?
An inside look at an unprecedented seven-decade study of a group of Harvard men suggests that one thing, above all, truly makes a difference.
Lincoln's Great Depression
Abraham Lincoln fought clinical depression all his life, and if he were alive today, his condition would be treated as a "character issue"—that is, as a political liability. His condition was indeed a character issue: it gave him the tools to save the nation.
Being Abe Lincoln
Lincoln's features and clothing are stamped on the American imagination—and imitated by "Lincoln presenters" nationwide.