Listen5 minShareComment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSaveYou’re reading the Today’s Opinions newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox.In today’s edition:How pandemic deaths shaped post-pandemic life A fresh case against the death penaltyKids are behind in school but not in lifeRepublicans’ proposed tax cut wouldn’t do much of anythingTrump loves Coke! — and other historical product placementsHow death changes — and cheats — usA little time in the presence of death can lead to beautiful things. That was the case for author Pico Iyer with the coronavirus pandemic.For all its atrocity, Iyer writes, covid-19 clarified how he wanted to live: “with less hurry, perhaps, and more time for the people who meant the most to us.”Share CommentsSign up
