Step 1: Understand what prompts it.
And then there were 12 — on the debate stage at least. Of the 19 Democratic presidential candidates, those who made the cut sparred with one another Tuesday night, but especially with Elizabeth Warren, indicating that perhaps Joe Biden should watch out — it looks like there's a new front-runner in town. If your eyes are wandering from those two popular prospects, it's worth considering the question that our columnist Ross Douthat asked this week: Can Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar push Biden aside? If you're still undecided after that, check out this guide to the winners and losers of the latest debate. — Alexandra March |
Trump Is a Bad President. He's an Even Worse Entertainer. |
 | | John Lithgow |
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A world leader having a flair for entertainment isn't necessarily a bad thing, but what we're witnessing is something else, writes John Lithgow. "He reads scripted lines like a panic-stricken schoolboy at a middle school assembly. He mangles every attempt at irony, self-mockery or, God forbid, an actual joke." |
Out With the Old, In With the Young |
Did you know the Latin root of the word "senator" translates to old man? "Our modern political system is stacked against the young," writes Astra Taylor. And these days, young people are trying to get more involved than ever. |
You've Been Clickbaited by Your Own Brain |
 | | Javier Jaén |
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Fact: You can't help what you're curious about. Sometimes you're not curious about the things you want to be curious about, and vice versa. But, Dan Willingham writes, "if you understand what prompts curiosity, you may be able to channel it." |
We Didn't Die, We Transitioned |
 | | Isabel Seliger |
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"Grief as a reaction to transition is a form of transphobia; it reduces a person's very being to their gender, and reveals that a loved one cares more about a phantom image than for the trans person they supposedly love, who is right in front of them." |
Are We Ready for the Breastfeeding Father? |
 | | Eleanor Davis |
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"Is it possible for a man to breastfeed a baby? For millenniums, this question has tickled people's imagination. It has intrigued; it has disgusted; it has also remained largely hypothetical. That is, until last year." |
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