CULTURE
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What Can Conversion Memoirs Tell Us?
Eventually, Ash finds in herself a gradual attraction, not only to religious practice but to the wild disharmonies of belief.…
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The Burgled Louvre’s Stolen-Art Expert
I went to look a bit on the Louvre’s website to see the provenance and discovered the recency of the…
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The Year of the Broken Mirror
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Becoming a Centenarian | The New Yorker
My father loved dogs, and so did I. Before the Labs, we had two collies, an English setter, a French…
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Is A.I. Actually a Bubble?
Luckily for managers, building human capital takes a long time. Or, at least, it used to: artificial intelligence is, among…
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If You Quit Social Media, Will You Read More Books?
Nguyen is hardly alone in this experience. BookTok, the sprawling and informal literary community on TikTok, has pushed many people…
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Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think
Once Sherman began her set, though, storming onstage with her middle fingers raised and immediately insulting the audience (“Shut up!…
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What America Can Learn from Its Largest Wildfire of the Year
An evacuation order spread across the entire North Rim. Robin Bies, a staff member at the Kaibab Lodge, some fifteen…
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The Undermining of the C.D.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services maintains that it is hewing to “gold standard, evidence-based science”—doublespeak that might unsettle…
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The Newest States in the U.S.A.
Bunly: State Nickname: The Creamy Leftovers State. State Motto: “Oops, I left it in Bunly.” State Gemstone: The humble pebble.…
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