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Facing the Rivals

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story My parents were unhappy immigrants, who made few connections in their new land and lived in an enclosed world of three, which unhappily included me. Family life managed to be cold…

A Little Race War – The American Conservative

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Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon says the usual things about America’s racial demons, and says some of them well. Credit: gettyimages/Patricia De Melo Moreira Martin Scorsese in his old age has pulled off a remarkable feat: He has…

The Fruit of the Future – The American Conservative

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Could the pawpaw heal America? Credit: Regnidei America’s edible avant-garde spotlights Appalachia every fall. Though under the radar, the humble pawpaw has become a symbol of the region. Festivals have spread throughout its range. Organizers share the gospel about this…

Ivanka Trump’s Tricky Comeback Tour

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Poor Ivanka! Just when she thought she was out, they pulled her back in. I am referring, of course, to her recent appearance at the civil fraud trial of her father,…

Hollywood Faces Its Post-Strike Future

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Wednesday night, the actor Jeremy Allen White, of “The Bear,” was working his way down a red carpet in Dallas. It was the première of “The White Claw,” an A24…

The Man Who Invented Fifteen Hundred Necktie Knots

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Boris Mocka believes that, at one point, he had invented more necktie knots than anyone else on the planet—so many that he started to call himself a “tieknotologist.” Most people who…

“The Marvels” and the Paradox of the Superhero Franchise

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When the best part of a superhero movie is the screenplay, you know you’re in trouble. There’s enough going on in “The Marvels”—enough situations with dramatic potential, enough twists with imaginative…

“The Golden Bachelor” Is a Trip to a Prelapsarian Eden

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the second episode of “The Golden Bachelor,” ABC’s new “Bachelor” spinoff, the titular protagonist, a onetime Indiana restaurateur named Gerry, sits down for some one-on-one time with Leslie, a fitness…