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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…

“The Sympathizer” Has an Identity Crisis

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story HBO’s “The Sympathizer,” which traces the diasporic aftershocks of the Vietnam War, establishes its pitch-black humor and moral complexity almost immediately, with a scene set in Saigon days before its fall.…

Christopher Durang’s Stage Directions for Life

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s one thing to make nuns funny. It’s another to have a nun cheerily explain the difference between mortal and venial sin, unveil her list of who’s slated for Hell (Zsa…

Как узнать URL для торговли на Steam

Steam Trade является одной из наиболее популярных функций игровой платформы Steam, позволяющей пользователям обмениваться виртуальными предметами, такими как скины для оружия, предметы одежды или аксессуары. Однако, чтобы совершать обмены, необходимо знать URL Steam Trade, который является уникальным идентификатором вашей торговой…

How to Publish a Magazine in a Maximum-Security Prison

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1961, Wilbert Rideau, a nineteen-year-old with an eighth-grade education, robbed a bank in Lake Charles, the small Louisiana town where he lived. During a botched getaway, he killed a teller…

Restaurant Review: Corima

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Before opening Corima, in a moody, rustic space…

Confessions of a Former Fare Hopper

If everyone is behaving badly, things fall apart. Last week, a 16-year-old boy shot a 14-year-old boy in the head on the Brookland Metro platform, just a few blocks away from where I work. It was about 4:00 p.m. and…

The Avant-Garde Is Back on the Launchpad

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Once upon a time, in New York, we measured our lives in Richard Foreman productions. For decades, the crocus of our theatrical spring was the widespread wheat-pasting of his black-and-white posters…

The Symposiast: Remembering Christopher Hitchens

On his 75th birthday, an acquaintance remembers the inimitable Hitch. Impossible as it is to believe, Christopher Hitchens, the enfant terrible of Anglo-American politics and letters, would have turned 75 today, almost 13 years since his premature death from esophageal…