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Talking in “human”
Over time, I’ve found it increasing difficult to decipher the illustrated graphics inserted into books to help readers to better [...]
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The trap door called drawing
Human beings are rarely the neat sum of neat parts, something columnist Elaine Luti began to understand when she first learned to draw.
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Let them eat cake…
Advising people to slow down and smell the roses makes no sense when you've devised a social system that prevents that from happening, writes columnist Elaine Luti.
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In praise of the crummy
I was in Berlin the other weekend to visit my son. It’s not a beautiful city by any means. Many [...]
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World without history?
I recently asked a class of college students if they knew the mythological story of Oedipus. I wanted to hear [...]
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When the paranoid are right
Growing up in Boston of the 1950s, I remember my father often coming home with unusual foods. He got [...]
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“Civilizing” America’s schools
No sooner had I ranted about the perils of standardized tests and how over-managed kids were losing time to play [...]
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A most awful circle
When troubles come, Shakespeare wrote in "Hamlet," they come not as single spies but in battalions. Some human beings are [...]
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When grades make you sick
Not long ago it was midterm season at American colleges and I found myself under a pile of exams to [...]
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How to choose a good therapist
You don't stick with a doctor who shrugs at your condition. So be demanding when it comes to your mind, writes columnist Elaine Luti.
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But it tastes bad…
Columnist Elaine Luti wants to know why drug companies balk at making more kid-friendly medicines.