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My Uncle Was a DC Cabbie, Repaired Cars—and Had a Nephew Who Couldn’t Parallel-Park

Let's just say I owe him a lot.

First Person, Driving, Cars | 2 weeks ago

Myth-remembering: Foer’s discovery of an ancient suicide note led him down a rabbit hole. Photograph by Christopher Lane/Getty.

Jonathan Safran Foer: How an Ancient Suicide Note Led Me Down a Rabbit Hole

Last gasps, first breaths, memory, and survival.

First Person, Jonathan Safran Foer, Neil Armstrong, Everything is Illuminated | 1 month ago

Something Was Missing From My Life, So I Got an Aquarium. Then the Fish Started Dying.

Hope is the thing with fins.

First Person | 2 months ago

I Had a Redfin Obsession. My Three-Year-Old Helped Put It Into Perspective.

Real Estate, Parenting, Home Buying, First Person | 3 months ago

Harris Wofford Was a Towering American. He Was Also My Grandfather.

First Person, New York Times, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. | 6 months ago

News | Parenting

Please Stop Calling My Humor Dad Jokes

First Person, Parents, Humor, Dad Humor | 7 months ago

Rebecca Ritzel’s Student Loan Provider Didn’t Seem to Care That She Had Cancer. So She Took Action.

Donald Trump, Capitol Hill, First Person, Congress | 8 months ago

Photo-illustration with source photograph by Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images.

Teaching Immigrant Kids English Isn’t About Opening Doors for Them—It’s About Showing Them How to Do It

First Person, Immigration, Teaching | Sep 25, 2018

The author’s father, Phil Merrill, starts the presses in the 1980s. Photograph courtesy of Catherine Merrill Williams.

Capital Gazette Tragedy Close to Home for Washingtonian Owner

First Person, Annapolis, Shooting, Capital Gazette | Jul 27, 2018

Photograph by Peter Karasev/offset.

I Found My Birth Mother While I Was Pregnant—and Never Could Have Expected What Happened Next

First Person, Adoption, Pregnancy | Jul 27, 2018