Miriam Markowitz
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Mental HealthFebruary 3, 2017
Donald Trump’s Power Is Scary, Not His Mental Health
Psychiatrists are speaking out to warn of the dangers of Trump’s instability, but politicizing mental health is a mistake.
Miriam Markowitz
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Higher EducationMay 30, 2014
Millennials Aren’t Generation Y, We’re Generation Omega
Stories about Millennials’ character flaws aren’t just wrong; they’re cover for the real perpetrators of crimes against the future.
Miriam Markowitz
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FeminismNovember 19, 2013
Here Comes Everybody
Women writers are far outnumbered by men in magazines and book reviews, but why? Part of the answer lies in book publishing.
Miriam Markowitz
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CultureApril 10, 2013
Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’
Afflicted with a mental disorder, Carrie Mathison is an unlikely American hero, and seems a bad bet besides.
Miriam Markowitz
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Books and IdeasMay 18, 2011
Trials: On Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm can be brutal in her judgments, but it is the casual brutality of keen observation.
Miriam Markowitz
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BiographySeptember 22, 2010
The Group: On George Price
The enigma of George Price: He derived an equation for the evolution of altruism, yet he died believing himself a failed good Samaritan.
Miriam Markowitz
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Non-fictionJanuary 21, 2010
A Fine Romance: On Cristina Nehring
If love has been exhausted as a literary theme, has it vanished from our experience of life as well?
Miriam Markowitz