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“Punishing and Insulting the Poor”

It’s a problem that many employees face now and then: What should they do if they have a truly awful boss? Several workers in Adelle Waldman’s Help Wanted share this problem, and they came up with [...] Continue Reading

The Rule of the Worth

BY STEVEN ROESCH A series of German folktales involves the citizens of a make-believe town called Schilda. When problems arise, the people of Schilda are sure to find a dimwitted and ineffective [...] Continue Reading

Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy, Inc.

What in the world happened? In November 1989, the Berlin Wall was breached. Two years later, the Soviet Union collapsed. During those heady years, the air was alive with talk of the “end of [...] Continue Reading