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Bill Burr Doesn’t Want to Talk Politics

Bill Burr Doesn't Want to Talk Politics 1

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When David Mamet planned to bring his 1983 play Glengarry Glen Ross back to Broadway for a fourth time, he approached Nathan Lane about playing the lead. Lane accepted, but with…

My brain finally broke

My brain finally broke 6

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Lately, I’ve been experiencing an unsettling sense of fuzzy thinking—as if reality is blurring, as if language is a vessel with holes in the bottom, and meaning is leaking out onto…

Magazines “Secrets of the physique”

Magazines “Secrets of the physique” 8

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I remember the first time I came across a physique photograph, and the simultaneous excitement and confusion I felt when looking at it. I was probably eight or nine years old,…

TAC Kentucky Derby Preview

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An American Conservative columnist who covers racing has exclusive information. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Nineteen horses will race in the Run for the Roses at the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. Although three of…

Why even try when you have AI?

Why even try when you have AI? 15

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A few years ago, my wife bought our then four-year-old son a wonderful set of wooden ramps that could be combined with our furniture to create courses for little marbles to…

For viewers of The Hours, time is running out

For viewers of The Hours, time is running out 19

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Clock,” a mesmerizing work by Swiss artist Christian Marclay, has been on display at MOMA since November, and many of us have become avid watch lovers, returning again and again to…

“The First Hundred Days” by Barry Blitt

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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story President Donald J. Trump began his second term with an intense 100 days, seeking revenge on his perceived opponents and taking the country down an authoritarian path. For the cover of…

One half-drunk Yankee with a typewriter

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby turns 100 years old. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Shirley Hazzard once observed that beyond a certain age, memory protects a person from the weight of experience. Bright moments separated by decades…