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Lisa Miller

  1. the law
    A Handgun for ChristmasWhy were James and Jennifer Crumbley found guilty for their son’s mass shooting?
  2. Chirlane McCray’s CityBill de Blasio has called her the love of his life, his partner, his No. 1 adviser. and that’s not the half of it.
  3. The Google of SpitAnne Wojcicki wants to bring health care into its sci-fi, Big Data era. First, she’ll need your DNA. Then comes vanquishing the FDA.
  4. Orders of GriefAs mourning came to Newtown, so did an outpouring of sympathy and money. Which has sometimes made the mourning even harder.
  5. Ethical ParentingIs there such a thing? Just ask your children.
  6. The Turn-On SwitchFetish theory, post-Freud.
  7. SavedOn the mound, God is always with Mariano Rivera, in victory and defeat. But baseball is a boys’ game, not a calling. And now, as he prepares to […]
  8. The Emir’s UniversityThe students of NYU Abu Dhabi might be the world’s most pampered undergraduates.
  9. The Roar of Young Male RageAn excellent, useless predictor.
  10. The Retro WifeFeminists who say they’re having it all—by choosing to stay home.
  11. The Wrecking of Zipcar?Unwelcome turns.
  12. 21. Because Now Even Our Principals Are Speaking Out Against Overtesting.New York’s public-school principals have generally felt it their duty to protect, not strain, relations between their schools and the DOE bosses […]
  13. Combine Equal Parts Oprah and MarthaThe new domestic ideal owes more than a little to the fading moguls.
  14. Homeschooling, City-StyleWhy more and more city parents are teaching their kids themselves.
  15. Manliness Is Next to GodlinessTim Tebow, “muscular Christian.”
  16. Symbolism on BoardMarissa Mayer and the lessons of Sarah Palin.
  17. The Money-Empathy GapNew research suggests that more money makes people act less human. Or at least less humane.
  18. “I Want to Be Like Jesus.”Cornel West is a self-proclaimed prophet who believes in the virtues of love and justice. But in his own life, he can’t seem to find either.
  19. Listening to XanaxHow America learned to stop worrying about worrying and pop its pills instead.
  20. To Putter, DivineTime wasted wisely.
  21. An Ism Is BornAre we all secretly kid-haters at heart?
  22. 34. Because Zurana Horton Took a Bullet to Save Her Daughter’s Life.It’s human to wonder whether you’re the kind of person who would walk in front of bullets to save someone else.
  23. Parents of a Certain AgeIs there anything wrong with being 53 and pregnant?
  24. Families, TheA potent coalition forms and fractures.