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The secret to successful conversations with strangers

It’s time to let Sid go. | duncan1890/Getty Images You may generally disregard unfamiliar faces as background characters in the movie that is your life, but almost everyone you care about was once a...

Apple II Forever!

Apple II Forever!

When you think of Apple, you probably think of the iPhone, or maybe the Mac, or perhaps you've got fond memories of the iPod. But Apple's 50-year run of creating tech products that people fall in...

How ICE has changed American life

How ICE has changed American life

When candidate Donald Trump promised mass deportations on the 2024 campaign trail, it was hard to imagine exactly what that might turn into.  Though he boasted about implementing the “largest...

Welcome to the April issue of The Highlight

Welcome to the April issue of The Highlight

Crafting as protest has a long history in America, dating back to before the American Revolution when colonists would boycott British textiles, choosing to spin their own instead. More than 250...

Is it wrong to send your kid to private school?

Is it wrong to send your kid to private school?

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has...

The most successful health campaign in modern history

The most successful health campaign in modern history

How old am I? Old enough to have flown on planes that had ashtrays in the armrests. Old enough to remember restaurants with smoking sections separated from the nonsmoking section by, essentially,...