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A Homeric Journey: A New Novel by David Horsey

When it comes to the staying power of a powerful story, Horsey’s novel outshines and may outlast his award-winning cartoons.

The Data: Breathing May Be Hazardous to Your Health

Each year, the UW’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation collaborates with the Boston-based Health Effects Institute...

How I Decided to Donate my Kidney to the Basketball Star

Amazing things can happen when you ask for help.

Why Doug Varone Canceled His Kennedy Center Performances

The current Trump-Kennedy Center is not the one we contracted with. It now represents a regime that has repeatedly demonstrated its hostility to many in the arts and to freedom of expression.

Don’t Despair: This Land is Still Our Land

Alas, our land is being being given over to oligarchs, billionaires of a new Gilded Age. Trump is their authoritarian enabler, signing a succession of executive orders.

What will it take to be Madam President?

Arguably the most crucial test, a third one, is “electability.” Men have it easier than women owing to the old boy culture.