The Right to Disconnect

The Right to Disconnect Anyone tired of answering emails and calls from their boss after work may soon be protected by law in California. A bill has been introduced in the California legislature that would give employees the “right to disconnect” from...

The Music That Made Us

The Music That Made Us What happens when we re-encounter cultural artifacts that were deeply important to us and they’ve changed, or we have, or both? Each of us has these signal cultural artifacts. They are Those Albums — the records and CDs and playlists we listened...

More College Men Should Do What Caitlin Clark Did

More College Men Should Do What Caitlin Clark Did In the wake of the latest and greatest March Madness, New York Times columnist, David French, had these observations: “It’s hard to wrap your mind around the television ratings for Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes...

Pay As You Go

Pay As You Go At The Long Table in Gloucestershire, England, diners sit communally and enjoy menu items like dal with honey-glazed carrots, bread and butter pudding, and lasagna. All ingredients are sourced with the goal of minimizing waste, and when it’s time to take...

Working With Your Hands

Working With Your Hands Activities like writing, gardening and knitting can improve your cognition and mood. Tapping, typing and scrolling? Less so. The human hand is a marvel of nature. No other creature on Earth, not even our closest primate relatives, has hands...