PinnedEmily L. HauserJulián Castro, Knight of the RepublicHere’s Julián Castro, squinting into the sun, awkwardly posed in front of what might be a Hampton Inn. It’s the morning of the 2020 Iowa…4 min read·Mar 2, 2020----
Emily L. HauserIsrael has the right to defend itself. What about the Palestinians?I wrote this for The Week in 2015, during another of the many rounds of attacks, incursions, and wars inflicted by Israel on the…5 min read·Jan 28, 2024----
Emily L. HauserThe egg.The egg is the perfect shape, the perfect meal, the perfect self-contained safety measure, particularly (as my organic farmer friend once…2 min read·Jun 20, 2023----
Emily L. HauserGo to bed.It seems that one should know how to get into bed. Especially when the bed is an item of long-standing acquaintance, not some cantilevered…5 min read·Jun 20, 2023----
Emily L. HauserTip Your WriterEarlier today, while in the process of writing something for which I was on deadline, I did what every writer does under such circumstances…3 min read·Sep 27, 2021----
Emily L. HauserPassover, Judaism, & the women who allowed us to becomeAs I often do in the days before Passover, I’m thinking of the women without whom we not only wouldn’t have the Passover story, we…3 min read·Mar 26, 2021----
Emily L. HauserOn Fandom, Heartbreak, and Joss WhedonOne night at the dinner table my kids asked which I like better: Star Wars or Star Trek. I demurred; they insisted; I insisted I couldn’t…8 min read·Feb 15, 2021--1--1
Emily L. HauserCOVID-19 skepticism & my very special gang of trollsOn May 27th, when I’d been in isolation with mild COVID-19 for 71 days — a period during which I experienced constant low-grade fevers…8 min read·Jul 3, 2020--1--1
Emily L. HauserSympathy notes — how to write them, why they matterAmerica is reeling from its losses. Mourners aren’t able to find comfort in rites & rituals; we can’t hold those mourners in their grief…5 min read·May 24, 2020----
Emily L. HauserReview: REUNIONS — Jason Isbell and the 400 UnitOne day, five months into the presidency that threatens even now to undo the American experiment, I heard someone on the radio sing “there…6 min read·May 13, 2020--2--2