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Jan|Feb 2020
Toward a New Boyhood
From toxic masculinity to feminist overreach, angry white men to benevolent sexism, #HimToo to #TimesUp, American manhood is in disarray. Into the fray steps Michael Reichert, with a blueprint for raising the next generation right.
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Sep|Oct 2019
Healthcare’s Hard Choices (and How to Stop Avoiding Them)
Penn President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno on their new book, which traces the history of bioethics and tackles some key issues in healthcare—from thorny moral questions to the frontiers of science and the most bitter divisions in American politics.
The Babel of the Mind
Manic erudition. Figuring.
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Jul|Aug 2019
Collective Creation
All together now. Help!
“Every Poem is Political”
Emily Jungmin Yoon C’13’s A Cruelty Special to Our Species.
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May|Jun 2019
Finding Faust
Gained in translation.
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Mar|Apr 2019
Expecting the Unexpected (a How-To Guide)
Kunreuther and Useem on coping with disruption.
“A Spirit of Possibility in the Air”
Music critic Nate Chinen C’97 on his book, Playing Changes.
Malicious Influence
Richard Clarke C’72 reviews Kathleen Hall Jamieson’s Cyberwar.
The Dangerous Frontier
Pre-Revolutionary War stories. Frontier Rebels.
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Jan|Feb 2019