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The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: The Payoff Pitch by Alec Bings

Not all debate questions can be gems. Amid the implications of hypocrisy and nudges toward collective disagreement, sometimes moderators take a breather from actual probing. That’s when we see the softball questions rolled out, those calorie-free queri... »

Open Letters: An Open Letter to the Marketing Lady in My Office Who Asked Me What My Major Was in College, and When I Said English, Responded With, “You’ll Never Get Anywhere With That.” by Ivy Grimes

Dear Marketing Lady, Yeah, I’ve heard that.  Well actually, I’ve just seen that sentiment expressed in gentler terms in Newsweek. English majors make less on average than almost any other major. I’ve heard various presidents say that it’s non-math majo... »

It’s All Greek to Me: A Column on Sororities in the South : The Grove by M.M. Locker

This past spring, during some godforsaken AP course in my last weeks of high school, the Princeton Review posted its new rankings of colleges and universities. My bud Abbey and I were nothing short of stoked to tell all our co-graduates that we would b... »

No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy: A Cure for the Human Condition by Michelle Mirsky

Of the many fears I gladly shed in the wake of my son’s death, I miss the relentless dread of disappointment the least. Had I realized the moment the fear left me, I might have raised a glass of something aged and expensive, made a big to-do. As it hap... »

Occupy Main Street! by Teddy Wayne

Brothers and brothers! (There are no sisters here, right? Okay, good.) Thank you all for bravely taking your helicopters out to the suburbs tonight at this so-called “Applebee’s” dining establishment to stage a sit-in on imported French divans. We will... »

It’s All Greek to Me: A Column on Sororities in the South : What I Want by M.M. Locker

There’s a little girl in bobby socks, me. Young and unaware of a South tread by Range Rovers, Donna Karan heels, and the lullaby-rubber of navy blue Bimmers, I visited William Faulkner’s hometown for the first time, ate barbecue and frozen yogurt and t... »

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