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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Kirsten Salyer  ## Kirsten Salyer _Kirsten Salyer is a writer and the former Deputy Editor of TIME Ideas_  ## Kirsten Salyer *  Feb 1, 2017 ### ['Don't Delete Uber — Yet'](https://time.com/4655128/delete-uber-donald-trump/) Focus on how the company responds to Donald Trump himself next time [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 5, 2016 ### [Bill Gates Picked These Books as the Best of 2016](https://time.com/4590348/bill-gates-best-books-of-2016/) 'They all dropped me down a rabbit hole of unexpected insights and pleasures' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 5, 2016 ### [It’s a Mean, Sometimes Sad World — But Reading Can Help](https://time.com/4590609/childrens-books-sad-world/) 5 new children's books offer guides [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 5, 2016 ### [Burning Flags, Screaming 'Trump' and Our First Amendment](https://time.com/4585158/donald-trump-free-speech/) You can burn flags. And you can scream at planeloads of people. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 1, 2016 ### [It's a Mean, Sometimes Sad World-but Reading Can Help](https://time.com/4587706/its-a-mean-sometimes-sad-world-but-reading-can-help/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 9, 2016 ### [American Muslims Will Not Be Intimidated](https://time.com/4565528/cair-donald-trump-american-muslims/) We will hold the new president to the highest standards [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 9, 2016 ### [Just Remember Richard Nixon](https://time.com/4565485/donald-trump-richard-nixon/) When you think about Donald Trump's executive power [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 22, 2016 ### [With a Little Help, You Too Can Write a Young-Adult Novel](https://time.com/4504028/magic-words/) A new guide explains how [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 22, 2016 ### [The Secret to Joy, According to the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu](https://time.com/4504000/book-of-joy/) Focus on others [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 15, 2016 ### [Melinda Gates: Men and Women Should Have Paid Family Leave](https://time.com/4495074/melinda-gates-unga-paid-family-leave/) It would be a huge benefit for moms, dads and children *  Aug 30, 2016 ### [The American Flag Was Banned at a South Carolina High School](https://time.com/4472433/american-flag-ban-south-carolina/) But should anyone be outraged? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 12, 2016 ### [2 Kids—1 White, 1 Black—Died In Hot Cars. Only 1 Parent Was Charged.](https://time.com/4450011/mississippi-charges-hot-cars/) Is racism to blame? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 9, 2016 ### [Aly Raisman on the Magic of the Gymnastics Team Competition](https://time.com/4445637/aly-raisman-gymnastics-team/) 'We always say that the most important thing is the team first' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 19, 2016 ### [Bernie Sanders Supporters Say They'll Fart in Protest of Hillary Clinton](https://time.com/4412925/sanders-fart-in-protest/) Is the Sanders supporters' 'fart-in' just hot air? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 1, 2016 ### [The Racial Wage Gap Has Not Changed in 35 Years](https://time.com/4390212/race-wage-gap-pew-analysis/) And white men are still out-earning nearly everyone [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kirsten-salyer/","name":"Kirsten Salyer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kirsten-salyer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kirsten-salyer/"},"name":"Kirsten Salyer","jobTitle":null,"description":"Kirsten Salyer is a writer and the former Deputy Editor of TIME Ideas","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b8ce94767752064/69885be7428a9ee3cccce48b/kirsten-salyer-time.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/kirsten-salyer/","sameAs":["https://x.com/kirstensalyer"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```