Fewer than one in 10 boys aged 14 to 16 in the UK read daily, according to research, which found reading for pleasure was being crowded out of teenage lives by schoolwork,... Read more »
Four boys, maybe five⦠Four boys, maybe five, are shaking a car,their faces distorted by the thrill of destruction.Beneath its wheels lies an abyss.Inside the car is your son.The car tilts.Desolation all... Read more »
In July, 2013, Will Shortz, the New York Times’ longtime puzzle editor, asked me to be his assistant. I had just graduated from college, and, to my mind, the invitation had little... Read more »