Americans, among the marryingest people in the world, are also the divorcingest. Jill Lepore americandivorcingestmarryingest Change image and share on social
In the trunk of her car, my mother used to keep a collapsible easel, a clutch of brushes, a little wooden case stocked with tubes of paint, and, tucked into the spare-tire well, one of my father's old, tobacco-stained shirts, for a smock. Jill Lepore brushcarcase share on social
One thing that always frustrated me was that, while Benjamin Franklin's was the best-known face of the eighteenth century, no one ever took his sister's likeness. Jill Lepore benjamincenturyeighteenth Change image and share on social
Mainly, the more faddish and newer stages of life are really just marketing schemes. Tweenhood. The young old. The quarter-life crisis. You can sell a lot of junk to a lot of people by inventing a stage of life and giving it a name. Jill Lepore crisisfaddishgive share on social
Desktop computers - boxes inside boxes - began appearing in those cubicles in the mid-eighties, electrical cords curling on the floor like so many ropes. Jill Lepore appearbeginbox Change image and share on social
When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. Jill Lepore cramdeliverdoor Change image and share on social
The Olympics is an imperfect interregnum, the parade of nations a fantasy about a peace never won. It offers little relief from strife and no harbor from terror. Jill Lepore fantasyharborimperfect Change image and share on social
Few American presidents have been unhappier or lonelier in office than Woodrow Wilson. Jill Lepore americanlonelyoffice Change image and share on social
Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular. Jill Lepore affairarisebind Change image and share on social
One day, I was playing 'The Game of Life,' the board game, with a mess of kids, and I wasn't quite sure how, but it seemed different than the game I remembered playing as a kid. So I bought an old game, from 1960, and it was different. Jill Lepore boardbuyday share on social
