"I take my own job seriously, but nothing I do will ever be as significant as what my wife, who prevents and treats infections, is doing right now," writes history professor Jonathan Zimmerman.
When I began to research the history of crosswords for my recent book on the subject, I was sort of shocked to discover that they weren’t invented until 1913.
All evidence indicates that military service tends to erode the fabric of family life and that, in reality, the state of America’s most fundamental union is anything but strong.
Instead, we should be implementing policies that support people’s work in the wage labor force and make it possible for working families to make ends meet.
The new machines weren’t created for elites, who would always have access to the best kinds of education that America could offer. Technology was for everyone else.
When people note that Shakespeare and Newton did some of their best work while England was ravaged by the plague, there is an obvious response: Neither of them had child-care responsibilities.
