The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on genealogy, record-keeping and notions of relation. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that this tree dates to ...

THAN $141,000. A SIGN OF THE SEASON IN NEW YORK. THE CITY’S CHRISTMAS TREE ARRIVED THIS MORNING IN THE SQUARE. IT’S A BIG ONE, 40FT TALL AND 40FT WIDE AT THE BASE. IT WAS DONATED BY A FAMILY ...