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Maybe humanity can never be reformed — only redeemed. Maybe there is no end run around the Fall; there is only the cross.

"The resonating call at every protest for Palestinian freedom and equality, encapsulated in the slogan 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,' last month faced charges of antisemitism, genocidal incitement, and led to the resignations of the presidents of Harvard and UPenn," writes Aly Mohamed in a Guest Commentary. "This month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu countered that 'the State of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to...

Reading is the foundation of learning and knowledge for any child. It facilitates the acquisition of new vocabulary, enhances comprehension, and opens up new worlds to young students. Additionally, it is an enjoyable pursuit that stimulate a child's creativity.

From tedious blind dates to dud clinical trials, the right kind of failure always helps

For philosopher Costica Bradatan, failure delivers self-knowledge in a way that success cannot.

Acknowledging that we are designed to fail might lead us to live more joyfully and purposefully.

Once you have lived in a Utopia, you are doomed. You carry its nothingness in your bones wherever you go.

“In Praise of Failure,” by Costica Bradatan, examines a handful of thinkers who rejected worldly success in favor of struggle.

The Elephant In the Room, subtitled Donald Trump and the Future of the Republican Party, is a collection of essays on that subject edited by Andrew Busch and William Mayer, professors at Claremont McKenna and Northeastern University, respectively. There are nine essays in total. In addition to Busch and Mayer, contributors include Glenn Reynolds and Charles Kesler, among others. I contributed the least substantial essay to the collection, titled by

ELLE DECOR executive editor Ingrid Abramovitch navigates supply chain woes—and busted toilets.