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What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start.
There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.
Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.
You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children.
My husband and I don't have sons, so we never had to ask ourselves how we'd have felt about them playing football.
On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.
Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.
I would like to see every newspaper and every magazine have a network of bureaus all over the world, gathering news.
Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own.
At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance.
I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
Charlie Rangel was writing laws on our taxes as chair of the Ways and Means Committee while somehow neglecting to pay his own.
Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your soul.
Family dinner in the Norman Rockwell mode had taken hold by the 1950s: Mom cooked, Dad carved, son cleared, daughter did the dishes.
There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
Adolescence, that swampy zone between safety and power, is best patrolled by adults armed with sense and mercy, not guns and a badge.
In modern warfare, journalists are among the first responders, seeking out truth in the turmoil and wreckage, wherever it takes them.
As a candidate, Obama disdained the game of politics, a self-conscious contrast to all the tireless political athletes named Clinton.
Americas presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.
America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.
When National Guardsmen shot four unarmed students at Kent State, virtually the entire system of higher education shuddered and stopped.
It is actually the neuroscientists and evolutionists who do the best job of explaining the reasons behind the most unreasonable behavior.
Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.
War is being waged all across the country against the invasive plant and animal species - some 50,000 of them - now spreading across the U.S.
Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.
Rooting from the sidelines is the most democratic of sporting rites: no skyboxes, no tickets required, just an unabashed will to holler and wave.
Accidents at power plants are bad enough. But a leak from a bioreactor could be worse, since bacteria can learn new tricks when you're not looking.
Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
After 9/11, whatever the evidence of intelligence failures, many people still saw that attack as almost unimaginable, so brutal and brazen an assault.
'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
I'm wondering how many elected figures any of us could find who do not, in the front or back of their minds, remember who does them favors, who doesn't.
Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.
Emotional life grows out of an area of the brain called the limbic system, specifically the amygdala, whence come delight and disgust and fear and anger.
The battles after the wars are over can be the toughest; there's no longer the public interest that accompanies, for good and for ill, the start of combat.
The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.
I've always found that once you're in the door of a place and you have the chance to show how you operate and how talented you are, then anything can happen.
I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship so quickly as we have with our phones.
Terror works like a musical composition, so many instruments, all in tune, playing perfectly together to create their desired effect. Sorrow and horror and fear.
Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline.
A good president needs a big comfort zone. He should be able to treat enemies as opportunities, appear authentic in joy and grief, stay cool under the hot lights.
Right now, doctors can test for about 2,500 medical conditions, but they only can treat about 500 of those. So what do you do with the knowledge about the others?
High achievers, we imagine, were wired for greatness from birth. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to ignite in some people and dim in others.