Students returning from fall break don’t feel rested. Most are already asking how many weeks they have until Thanksgiving Break. A four-day weekend isn’t enough time to decompress — and forget about enjoying quality time with family or catching up with school work. Rushed breaks are a stress in themselves. Schools need to break from...
The election of President Donald Trump brought a rebirth of the nation-state and government by consent along with some decisive legislative victories—and his supporters expect much more to come. But one of the biggest accomplishments under Trump has not been in politics but in culture: the delegitimization of today’s elites. When the news of Harvey...
White House Chief of Staff, Gen. John Kelly, in an impassioned speech a couple of weeks ago lamented the growing loss of sacredness he has seen in America throughout his life — from the treatment of women, to life, to religion. He addressed the issue during a daily press briefing, after being stunned by the...
The father of wildlife conservation, Aldo Leopold, quit his high-ranking job with the U.S. Forest Service after four years, following his belief that conservation should come from the private sector. He then became the first professor of wildlife management in the country at the University of Wisconsin. His career culminated with the publication of “A...
Take two people born at opposite ends of the same century, build a bond between them, and let the world rotate and rot around them. That is how Ali Smith constructs her novel “Autumn,” which came out a year ago. The next installation, “Winter,” releases today in the UK, right as the first frost kills...