J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” the precursor to his three-novel fantasy epic “The Lord of the Rings,” was published on this day in 1937.
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“For months, I searched for the larger principles or sense of purpose that animates [Mitch] McConnell,” Jane Mayer writes. “Finally, someone who knows him very well told me, ‘Give up.’ ” https://t.co/aJ06msDZd1
One secret of Kate Bush’s artistry is that she has never feared the ludicrous—she tries things that other musicians would be too careful or cool to go near. https://t.co/MLfvCsKKvN
Over the past few months, things have ground to a halt, offering us the chance to examine our lives and our institutions. And now, if we want it, we have a chance to rearrange them. https://t.co/bfbZ36h5bJ
The pace at which African-Americans are dying from the coronavirus has transformed this public-health crisis into an object lesson in racial and class inequality. https://t.co/qbXvS4r42O
“I don’t know if oysters can feel pain, can’t even know if other humans do, although I recognize what philosophers call ‘pain behavior’ among my loved ones as the seasons change.” Fiction by Ben Lerner. https://t.co/qLiKoGiQs3
For the pyschotherapist Esther Perel, love is "an active engagement with all kinds of feelings—positive ones and primitive ones and loathsome ones. And it’s often surprising how it can kind of ebb and flow."https://t.co/87qJvDW8b4
The thesis that viewing others as objects or animals enables our very worst conduct would seem to explain a great deal. Yet there’s reason to think that it’s almost the opposite of the truth. https://t.co/TTKj6A22b1
As more and more of us are discovering it’s way too easy — and way too costly — to go through our days on autopilot, frenetically reacting to everything that comes our way and forgetting to regularly unplug and recharge. #SelfCareSunday