🌾 Tradition: 5 Jedi principles for everyday life: When people hear the word “Jedi,” they often picture glowing lightsabers, starship duels, and mysterious powers. But if you look beyond the special effects of “Star Wars,” a set of principles that the Jedi abide by comes into view.

🍿 Film & TV: “Tricky Brains”—smiles that refuse to fade: There was a time when Hong Kong cinema made pandemonium look like art. Their 1980s and early-1990s films were both wildly inventive and gloriously unpredictable. Every punchline hit faster than a camera cut, and the world felt just a little off-kilter in the most delightful way. It was a time when the laughs came freely, and films were unselfconscious and unbothered by explanations or disclaimers.

💫 Discovery: Pennsylvania man builds amazing clocks made of bottles, shoes, even dominos—and they really work.

The Convenience Culture Crisis: How Second-Wave Feminism Helped Make America Sick: There is a version of my life that could have existed, and for a long time it looked like the path I was on. I was a successful restaurateur, financially independent, living a neat and polished life that most people would label as accomplishment.

Today my life looks very different. I have four children and a farm, and nothing about our life is quiet or controlled. Read more →