The Karen Ann Quinlan case is where the right to life and the right to die got bound together, and I don't think they've ever gotten untangled. Jill Lepore annbindcase Change image and share on social
Throughout the nineteen-seventies and eighties, especially during periods of recession, employees were moved from offices to cubicles. Jill Lepore cubicleeightyemployee Change image and share on social
Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. Jill Lepore bridgebusinesscommon share on social
Epidemiologists study patterns in order to combat infection. Stories about epidemics follow patterns, too. Stories aren't often deadly, but they can be virulent: spreading fast, weakening resistance, wreaking havoc. Jill Lepore combatdeadlyepidemic share on social
My mother liked to command me to do things I found scary. I always wanted to stay home and read. My mother only ever wanted me to get away. Jill Lepore commandfindhome Change image and share on social
Americans, among the marryingest people in the world, are also the divorcingest. Jill Lepore americandivorcingestmarryingest Change image and share on social
Clarence Darrow, America's best-known trial lawyer, was also one of American history's most skilled orators. Jill Lepore americaamericanclarence Change image and 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
Historians once assumed that when childhood mortality was high, people must not have loved their children very much; it would have been too painful. Research has since proved that assumption wrong. Jill Lepore assumeassumptionchild Change image and share on social
The idea that debt is necessary for trade, and has to be forgiven, is consequent to the rise of a market economy. The idea that debt is wrong and should be punished is a feature of a moral economy. Jill Lepore consequentdebteconomy Change image and share on social