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According to Louis Menand, France is the place to go if you don’t enjoy doing your homework: Here is something you probably didn’t know about France: its President has the power to abolish homework. In a recent speech at the Sorbonne, François Hollande announced his intention to do this for all primary- and middle-school students. […]

I’m not exactly sure why they chose 88 books, but the Library of Congress has generated a list of the 88 Books That Shaped America: “This list of ‘Books That Shaped America’ is a starting point. It is not a register of the ‘best’ American books–although many of them fit that description. Rather, the list […]

According to Louis Menand, France is the place to go if you don’t enjoy doing your homework: Here is something you probably didn’t know about France: its President has the power to abolish homework. In a recent speech at the Sorbonne, François Hollande announced his intention to do this for all primary- and middle-school students. […]

I’m not exactly sure why they chose 88 books, but the Library of Congress has generated a list of the 88 Books That Shaped America: “This list of ‘Books That Shaped America’ is a starting point. It is not a register of the ‘best’ American books–although many of them fit that description. Rather, the list […]