The Touch-Screen Generation
Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development?
Hanna Rosin on toddlers and iPads, Jeffrey Goldberg on the king of Jordan, James Fallows on life on Mars, our annual money report, and much more
Young children—even toddlers—are spending more and more time with digital technology. What will it mean for their development?
Can Jordan's Abdullah II, the region's most pro-American Arab leader, liberalize his kingdom, modernize its economy, and save the country from capture by Islamist radicals?
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A trip to the Iranian resort island of Kish illuminates the strange consequences of economic sanctions.
The wealthiest Americans donate 1.3 percent of their income; the poorest, 3.2 percent. What's up with that?
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Mike Merrill puts the "I" in IPO.
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The prospects for a new liberal age
The inexorable decline of America’s least favorite pronoun
It will mean concessions from both Democrats and Republicans, but it will be good for America.
The intelligence brief on the apparent accident was three sentences long, and it scared the hell out of White House officials.
After more than three years in prison and an implausible makeover, Abramoff is still Abramoff.
Our advice columnist to the rescue
What the animal kingdom can teach us about raising families
Technical advances may make upper-body strength less important in combat—and level the playing field for women.
The false egalitarian promise of advanced degrees
A survey of converging perspectives by influential women
James Fallows talks with space entrepreneur Eric Anderson about the next wave of space exploration.
Some surprising numbers about matrimony
More mergers, fewer players. Is this the end of competitive capitalism?
How a TV franchise mutated into a demented hybrid of gossip generator and infomercial
Reassessing the literary legacy of the Lost Generation's Edward Thomas
And new fiction by Elizabeth Strout. Two short book reviews.
How I learned to stop worrying and love vacation
Responses and reverberations
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