Seven-minute Opinions

Just 36 percent of Americans have a passport, and I get it — some people, just don’t care for traveling. But for those like me, who want to cross places off their to-do list and just need a little push, we need to ignore that feeling of hesitation and go for it. Read more about this story at TheWeek.com/Podcasts

Every birth is a miracle. Every child is made beautifully in the image of God. It's as simple as that.

He does not care enough about the American presidency to give up his business for it

There's a very good reason nearly half of American colonists didn't take sides during the Revolutionary War. Read more at TheWeek.com/Podcasts

We need to stop glorifying this form of birth control and instead help women get better access to reproductive health care.

I'm going on vacation without my kids, and I can't wait. Don't judge me.

If you're at all concerned with what your lawmakers are doing on Capitol Hill, C-SPAN should be your lifeblood.

In light of the Paris (dis)agreement, Ryan Cooper resurrects a bold solution to combat America's catastrophic global warming — wage war on climate change.

Since 1911, the country has added more than 200 million citizens to its population, and yet the size of the House of Representatives has stayed relatively fixed. Today, each House member represents, on average, more than 700,000 citizens. It's time for this to change.

She'd hoped to play alongside the boys. The boys had other ideas.

On today's podcast, an ode to my favorite podcast, My Favorite Murder.

I've been to Disneyland more than 20 times since the presidential election last Novmeber. And, through the cotton-candy haze, I have formed a theory to answer for my obsession — one that I think extrapolates to a broader American problem.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the film is far more politically radical than you remember

Sports curses are wonderful — until they're broken

How does she do it? Let's examine cool girling, ice queening, and more of Conway's go-to strategies.

In the second and final part of our two-part podcast series on the health-care maze, national correspondent Ryan Cooper shares lessons from a feel-good story about health insurance. For more, visit theweek.com/podcasts.

In the first of a two-part series, The Week's national correspondent Ryan Cooper shares a harrowing allegory of America's hideously complicated health-care system: Matthew Stewart thought he had good insurance. Then he started vomiting blood. For more, visit theweek.com/podcasts

We spend much of our lives trying to flee the inescapable fact of our own finitude — and it's much easier to do so amid a swarm of buzzing distractions

Here's the thing about college sports: They suck you in with feelings instead of flash

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