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Emily Esfahani Smith

Emily Esfahani Smith is a writer based in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the Manners and Morals columnist at The New Criterion, managing editor of the Hoover Institution’s Defining Ideas, and editor of Acculturated.

Latest articles by Emily Esfahani Smith

Why your family drives you crazy
Family

Being comfortable around your relatives can actually lead to more conflict.

By Emily Esfahani Smith