How to Care Less About Work
As we peer around the corner of the pandemic, let’s talk about what we want to do—and not do—with the rest of our lives.
Plus, Omicron's best- and worst-care scenarios, and Mike Pence's possible 2024 campaign.
Sunday Dec 5, 2021
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Omicron’s Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios
A new, highly contagious variant could have terrible consequences. But if it ends up causing milder symptoms than Delta, there’s a real upside.
Rachel Gutman
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What Roe Could Take Down With It
The logic being used against Roe could weaken the legal foundations of many rights Americans value deeply.
Kimberly Wehle
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Pence 2024?
If Donald Trump officially enters the next presidential race, that doesn’t mean his former vice president will stay out of the contest.
Peter Nicholas
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When Multilevel Marketing Met Gen Z
Amelia Whelan used social media as an accelerant for her sales community. Then things blew up.
Kaitlyn Tiffany
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America Is Running on Fumes
In film, science, and the economy, the U.S. has fallen out of love with the hard work of ushering new ideas into the world.
Derek Thompson
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The New Right’s Strange and Dangerous Cult of Toughness
An emerging culture idolizes a twisted version of “toughness” as the highest ideal and despises a false version of “weakness” as the lowest vice.
David French
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The Mantra of White Supremacy
The idea that anti-racist is a code word for “anti-white” is the claim of avowed extremists.
Ibram X. Kendi
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Peloton Is Stuck, Just Like the Rest of Us
People want the company to be a pandemic crystal ball. It’s not.
Amanda Mull
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What the Peng Shuai Scandal Is Really About
The disappearance of the Chinese tennis star is an embarrassment to Beijing—and undercuts its campaign to present the Chinese system as a model for the world.
Michael Schuman
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The Struggle to Overcome Mass-Shooting Cynicism
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is a mainstay of basic cable—and a rallying cry for a country that is losing touch with itself.
John Hendrickson
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When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings
Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.
Arthur C. Brooks
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