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Last October, I interviewed writer and blogger Andrew Sullivan, who had just written a lengthy essay for New York magazine about our modern “distraction sickness.” “You are where your attention is,” Sullivan told me, and, as it happens, our attention…
Five of the world’s largest companies by market capitalization are tech companies. In the past 10 years, Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook have all joined Microsoft at the top of the list. Each of these companies dominates its primary market,…
When Michelle Gauthier opened Mulberry & Vine, in 2013, so-called fine-casual restaurant chains like Sweetgreen and Dig Inn had not yet blanketed New York City in grain bowls and kale-Caesar salads. Gauthier, who lives in Tribeca, wished that there were…
Each week, Richard Brody picks a classic film, a modern film, an independent film, a foreign film, and a documentary for online viewing. “Sentinels of Silence” There are hidden treasures and odd surprises among the films that have won or…
On Monday night, HBO premièred “May It Last,” a documentary, directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, about the folk-rock band the Avett Brothers. The siblings at the center of the group, Seth and Scott Avett, were raised in Concord,…
The Affordable Care Act is going to survive. The 2010 health care law has slowly but surely moved out of the line of fire. President Trump barely mentioned it in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. At their…
