Plus: A deliciously misleading film about liars
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The vacation season is upon us—however earlier than you energy via your to-do record, decompress with these seven tales, chosen by our editors.
A Sunday Studying Record
A few of the under tales have narrated variations, for those who desire to take heed to them; simply click on the hyperlink and scroll to the audio participant under the picture.
The Plight of the Eldest Daughter
By Sarah Sloat
Girls are anticipated to be nurturers. Firstborns are anticipated to be exemplars. Being each is exhausting.
It Will By no means Be a Good Time to Purchase a Home
By Annie Lowrey
Life Actually Is Higher With out the Web
By Chris Moody
What occurred after my spouse and I eliminated Wi-Fi from our house
Have You Listened Currently to What Trump Is Saying?
By Peter Wehner
He’s changing into frighteningly clear about what he needs.
Hipsters Had been At all times Hypocrites. Ask Frank Zappa.
By Daniel Felsenthal
Of the late musician’s many data, Over-Nite Sensation finest crystallized his reducing satire of our nation’s blank-eyed habits.
Why America Deserted the Best Economic system in Historical past
By Rogé Karma
Was the nation’s flip towards free-market fundamentalism pushed by race, class, or one thing else? Sure.
My Father, My Religion, and Donald Trump
By Tim Alberta
Right here, in our home of worship, individuals have been taunting me about politics as I attempted to mourn.
Tradition Break
Learn. Anthony Tommasini, the previous chief classical-music critic for The New York Instances, recommends books that may assist us perceive classical music higher, together with its historical past, its mechanics, and its nice composers.
Watch. Might December, now streaming on Netflix, is a film about liars that’s in and of itself deliciously misleading.
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