Anne Kingston

Book by Ann Beattie

Silvio Berlusconi was dogged by scandals. But it took an economic crisis to bring him down.

Book by Sebastian Barry

A proposal to replace the beaver with the polar bear as our national emblem causes fur to fly

At 36, our national emblem is apparently getting long in the bucked tooth

Sociologist Amy Schalet on why it’s time to start having a new conversation with our kids

An architect has created a visual dictionary of pasta, complete with math formulas

Art curators are inflamed—and amused—by the new ubiquitousness of their role

Book by Jeffrey Eugenides

Jobs didn’t just sell Macs and iPods, he made beautiful objects—a revolutionary idea in his industry