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The Redskins Move On

For the first time in a long time, Washington has a team worth rooting for. Credit: image via Getty Images The Chicago Bears were celebrating too early.  Deep in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s game against the Washington Commanders,…

The Divided Soul of “Bad Kreyòl”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story According to the script, the title of the latest play by Dominique Morisseau is “Bad Creole Kreyòl.” We go with the simplified “Bad Kreyòl”—the language of Haiti written in its language,…

Where Did Hitch ‘Go Wrong’?

The late Christopher Hitchens’s work was of a piece, good and bad. Credit: image via Getty Images To many of his contemporaries who approach writing as an act of creative exertion rather than just a vehicle for transmitting thoughts, an…

In “Juror #2,” Clint Eastwood Judges the System Harshly

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s commonplace to acknowledge Clint Eastwood as one of the most distinctive and original political filmmakers. What’s surprising about his new film, “Juror #2,” is that the politics it brings to…

The Banality of Online Recommendation Culture

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the 2010s, affiliate marketing became a dominant strain of online business models. The Wirecutter, which sold to the Times in 2016, made money by driving its visitors to retail Web…

Could Steampunk Save Us?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This summer, I bought my wife a vintage watch—a model called the Big Crown Pointer Date, made by the Swiss company Oris. The watch was manufactured in 1995, and is small,…

The Rebellion of a Fruitless Apple Tree

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Every autumn, I begin to crave generic seasonal comforts: the hues of turning leaves, the chill of sweater weather. I’m not really a pumpkin-spice person, but I’m a sucker for a…

The Mystery of Three Hundred Bodies in the Woods

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story How should the living treat the dead? More specifically, what should we do with their bodies, and why? The answers to these questions, like the mysteries of death itself, are at…

Lorenzo Mattotti’s “Strides”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Sunday, November 3, 2024, more than fifty thousand people from all over the world will participate in the New York City Marathon—an event that many New Yorkers deem their favorite…