Melissa Kirsch

Does taking care of our future selves have to mean sacrifice in the present?

On Valentine’s Day, consider the ways in which we’re sticking to established paths — and the places where we yearn to deviate.

Behind the scenes at the Westminster Dog Show, the entrants were affectionate. Or at least they acted like it.

How can the perpetually shivering warm up to winter?

In the run-up to the Oscar nominations, a chat with a reporter who has followed every twist and turn of the race.

The dream of cohabitating with a group of friends is an attractive fantasy, but we can benefit from its lessons, regardless of our living situation.

This week, we close out the year with your best advice of 2025.

Today, your highly personal, delightfully specific bests of 2025.

The antidote to our increasingly disembodied lives may lie in letting go of our inhibitions and dancing like kids do.

As the year comes to a close, we want to know your highly specific, idiosyncratic bests of 2025.