The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the curation of a book collection.

Any book can spur us toward self-improvement. So can a song, a poem or a movie scene. And so we will change.

In “The Word of Dog,” philosopher Mark Rowlands writes that the animals are empathetic and, unlike humans, unburdened by ...

Books teach us to be free from prejudice, to accept our own and the follies of others, to be brave in the face of challenges ...

Both Ruby Franke and Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in 2023 against two of Ruby Franke's children, ...

McGREGOR, Texas (KWTX) - A Central Texas woman who overcame drug addiction, abuse and multiple arrests to become a thriving ...

Jinger Duggar Vuolo opens up to PEOPLE about the making of her new book, 'People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of ...

The winner of this year’s National Book Award in fiction has published several collections of poems. Our critic takes a look. In “Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,” Michael Owen offers a ...

My goal (or let’s say “aspiration”) for 2025 is to read more local books; I have a long list awaiting me, including the ...

After becoming disabled from his own cancer surgery, Matisse enjoyed the most productive, creative and revolutionary years of ...

I retired in 2023 at the age of 41 with the plan to enjoy and explore my passions. Then my son was diagnosed with cancer at ...

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