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Op-Ed columnist, . Author of The Road to Character, The Social Animal, and Bobos in Paradise.

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Joined July 2012
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    Dec 14

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    Cornell University is shutting down its Ithaca, New York, campus and moving to "alert level red" after a "rapid spread" of Covid-19 among students
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  2. Dec 14

    I was thrilled to interview philosopher Leon Kass as guest host of the Ezra Klein podcast.

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    Dec 11

    On a softball diamond is *chef’s kiss* ….

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    I consider myself a lesbian bon vivant, and in my 41 years of lesbianing, I thought I had seen it all. But no, I had not:
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  4. Dec 10

    “I think people rush to help me up because they are so uncomfortable with seeing an adult lying on the floor. But what I really need is for someone to get down on the ground with me.”

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  5. Dec 10

    “Without your wound where would your power be?” Thornton Wilder wrote. “It is your very remorse that makes your low voice tremble into the hearts of men.”

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  6. Dec 9

    we all know cases where suffering didn’t break people but broke them open — made them more caring toward and knowledgeable about the suffering of others. And the old saying that we suffer our way to wisdom is not wrong.

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  7. Dec 9

    What do you say to someone who says they want to be dead?

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  8. Dec 8

    Thanks a million Peter.

    Here’s the fascinating and thought-provoking piece in by my colleague that we discussed today on
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  9. Dec 8

    “It’s an illusion, as T. S. Eliot put it, to think that a society in which people don’t have to be good can thrive. Life is essentially a moral enterprise, and the health of your community will depend on how well it does moral formation.”

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  10. Dec 8

    I fell in love with conservatism as a young man. What the hell happened to it?

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  11. Dec 6

    Fred was a man of incredible integrity, gentleness and wisdom. He handled the tumult of the last few years with courage and grace.

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  12. Dec 2

    The evidence this week is that the post-Roe politics would make even our current politics seem tame. I’m not sure our democracy is strong enough for that.

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  13. Dec 2

    To me the crucial question is when does a living organism become a human soul. My intuition is that it’s not a moment, but a process — a process shrouded in divine mystery.

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  14. Nov 30

    Giving Tuesday is a wonderful institution but it’s hell on my email inbox.

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  15. Nov 28

    Here are the obscure emotions you need now.

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    Nov 23

    "The order we have all taken for granted since the end of the Cold War is badly decaying, and has gotten so fragile that it might well shatter soon. Worse than the decay itself...is what feels like our inability to perceive just how advanced it is."

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    Nov 23

    A really, really good essay from , that should not be read only in the West. via

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    Nov 21

    !

    WHO DID THIS 😂
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  19. Nov 21

    Steve and Jonah have been two of the bravest journalists during this whole mess. They’ve taken positions that carry real costs. Think about supporting .

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  20. Nov 21

    Important piece by .

    1. In my latest in , I show that evidence is strong (though not perfect) that Instagram contributed to the large and sudden rise in teen girls' depression that began around 2013. Strong enough for regulators to act now. The case is 4 steps
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