Writer

John W. He

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The Impure Game

Why are steroids bad for baseball? The most natural response would be that they are performance-enhancing drugs, so using them would be cheating.


Obama the Pitchman

To save his party from an embarrassing defeat in November, Obama must remove himself from the realm of public policy and reenter the sphere of politics that won him the presidency.


In Search of Our History

Under a veil of blind nostalgia, Americans quickly become attached to a particular narrative as the one correct interpretation of a murky past.


Four Talking Points to Friendship

The four-point introduction covers all the bases for potential shared interests in fewer than 20 seconds. No other icebreaker is nearly as efficient.


The End of the World, Again

What matters is that it, like its predecessors, allows audiences to escape into their own minds and ponder some of the biggest questions ever asked.