You didn’t have to turn to the back of the in-flight magazine to see some stranger’s—or, more likely, strangers’—handiwork on the crossword, or wonder what flavor of sticky substance someone had ...
Sit-still things are also embracing assigned seats and in seemingly ever greater numbers. Most movie theaters, for instance, used to be “seat yourself.” Now most have reserved seating, at prices that ...
By Elisabeth Zerofsky The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what to do when your financial needs conflict with your scruples. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Destruction arrives not via solemn news ...