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Recent entries into the literature of parenting offer disparate visions of dadhood as part of a man’s private, or public, life.

Most American tortillas taste like cardboard. Chefs, restaurants, and companies are trying to restore the corny glory.

Arthur C. Brooks and Lori Gottlieb discuss the importance of fun, the cultural distortion of emotions as “good” or “bad,” and how envy can point you in the direction of your deepest desires.

The host of the SNL Christmas episode brought his irrepressible dynamism to the set, but other guest celebrities stole the spotlight.

The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a failure?

A returning president who expects to govern without constraints leaves his opponents hoping to benefit from the blowback.