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This Impressive Cake Has Many Layers

Strawberry cake, a Southern staple, is full of meaning.

What I’ve Learned From My Students’ College Essays

The genre is often maligned for being formulaic and melodramatic, but it’s more important than you think.

Jean Smart Is Having a Third Act for the Ages

Calling someone a “hack” is a particularly vicious insult. It implies that they have no talent or, worse, that they…

Imagine Your Last Day of Work Ever. Here’s Theirs.

Among life’s major milestones — think graduations, weddings, even annual events like birthdays and anniversaries — the retirement day is…

What Are a Museum’s Obligations When It Shows a ‘Problematic’ Artist?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the responsibility an institution assumes once it exhibits an artist’s work.

Charlamagne Tha God Won’t Take Sides

Charlamagne Tha God calls himself an entertainer. He’s a comedian, a media personality and an author. (He has written two…

The C.E.O.s Who Just Won’t Quit

In September 2013, in a darkened auditorium, Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, faced a roaring crowd of his employees. “You…

Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You?

Even before he really knew what it meant, Allen Wong wanted to be rich. As a kid, he didn’t yet…

These Couples Survived a Lot. Then Came Retirement.

This spring, Barbara and Joe, a retired couple in their 60s, sat down with me at a bistro in suburban…

Grief Broke Marlon Wayans. Comedy Put Him Back Together.

It’s not easy to build a long and lucrative career by making comedy that some people might be tempted to…

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