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August 1, 2016
Parenting and Panic
It is hard to speak about parenting without at the same time seeking validation as a parent.
It’s Not You, It’s Me
Intimates and strangers use twins not just to get clear on the nature of their own self, but also to think about the nature of…
A World Without Children
Perhaps, in other words, we should simply reconcile ourselves to the fact that our affluent, democratic societies will experience gradual depopulation as long as fertility…
Little-known fact: Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize-winning Irish novelist, poet and playwright, was also a prolific standardized-test writer. What follows is a selection of SAT questions from his archive.
If you liked this essay, you’ll love reading The Point in print.