Should We Think of Our Children as Strangers?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Being a parent raises so many urgent, concrete questions—Will this movie cause nightmares? Is this enough sunscreen? Where are the Cheez-Its?—that the abstract ones often slip beneath the surface, only to…

Proud and Impassioned, Biden Passes the Torch

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For years, Joe Biden has told fellow-politicians, with rueful wisdom, “You’re either on the way up or you’re on the way down.” But after making the rarest choice in politics, he…

How Gena Rowlands Redefined the Art of Movie Acting

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Gena Rowlands, who died last Wednesday, at the age of ninety-four, is, of all the actresses I’ve ever seen onscreen, the greatest artist. She’s the one whose performances offer the most…