Americans work an awful lot. But what are we doing at the jobs we believe are so important?
Jonathan Malesic
Jonathan Malesic is the author of The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives. He lives in Dallas.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
What I learned about art and spirituality on my pilgrimage to Texas
Three buildings argue over spirituality, art and public life.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Here’s what happened when NRA members encountered a prayer vigil outside their convention.
The National Rifle Association gathering in Dallas attracted demonstrators on both sides of gun control—and an opportunity for dialogue.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Louis C.K. has confessed. Now it’s time for contrition.
It is too late for Louis C.K. to be the model of male feminism. It is not too late for him to be a model of contrition.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The Rich We Will Always Have With Us
On measures of well-being, residents of the United States fare worse than residents of countries like Canada, Sweden or Japan, all of which are less wealthy but more equal.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
Searching for George W. Bush in his portraits of the soldiers he sent to war
Bush’s new exhibition features 66 paintings of wounded veterans whom the former president has come to know.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Is there life after college?
The book offers detailed guidance on managing decisions a potential college student must make: whether to go to college right after high school, where one should attend and how to find internships along the way.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Football could be their best shot at the American dream.
“Last Chance U,” which will appeal to football fans and non-fans alike, covers E.M.C.C.’s 2015 season in beautiful, intimate detail, from training camp to the last day of class.
Posted inFaith, Politics & Society
Why we need a new theology of work
We have to ask if the idea of vocation as a stable place in the world applies to the way careers operate in the American economy.
Posted inTelevision
Alternate Reality: The dystopian world of ‘The Man in the High Castle’
The dystopian world of ‘The Man in the High Castle’