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The Haiti That Still Dreams

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I often receive condolence-type calls, e-mails, and texts about Haiti. Many of these messages are in response to the increasingly dire news in the press, some of which echoes what many…

Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

I’ve been going back to eastern Kentucky for over a decade. Since 2016, something there has changed. Kevin Rogers has five rules: love God, love others, don’t do dumb things, don’t die, and “Get ye, therefore, over thyself.” “Roger’s Rules”…

A Tamarind Tree’s Sweet and Sour Inheritance

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Gifts from ancestors take the darndest forms. Mine included a tamarind tree, the tallest and most magnificent in our yard. My grandfather’s grandfather—a tall, corpulent Indian, prone to indulging in fine…

In Justine Kurland’s Photographs, a Mother and Son Hit the Road

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The American road-trip narrative is often marked by violence. In films such as Ridley Scott’s “Thelma & Louise” (1991), Terrence Malick’s “Badlands” (1973), and Oliver Stone’s “Natural Born Killers” (1994), acts…

It’s Taylor Swift Day, Again

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Tyler FoggattSenior Editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Don’t be…

Ralph Fiennes Sidles His Way Into Power as Macbeth

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Simply getting to the almost totally sold-out monster hit “Macbeth” in Washington, D.C., which has already been staged in Liverpool, London, and Edinburgh, contains its own, particular adventure. Produced in the…

The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “The power to change one’s life comes from a paragraph, a lone remark,” James Salter wrote in his 1975 novel, “Light Years.” An encounter with a single “slender” line of writing,…

Why is Japanese auto special equipment popular?

Work on construction sites is impossible without the use of specialised machinery. This includes excavators, bulldozers, cranes and other machines. But only high-quality equipment allows to perform work of any complexity quickly and efficiently. For many years, Japanese special equipment…