CULTURE

A Memoirist Who Told Everything and Repented Nothing

When she died at a hundred and one in January of 2019, Diana Athill had publicly chronicled both ends of…

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How Joe Biden Could Address the Age Issue

In a report sure to find its place in the annals of politically damaging exonerations, Robert Hur, the special counsel…

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Can Ukraine Still Win? | The New Yorker

Long before it was reported, at the end of January, that Volodymyr Zelensky had decided to replace his popular Army…

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A Fuller Picture of the Oscars’ Best Picture Race

Paul Valéry wrote that taste is made of a thousand distastes. Generally, it feels better to share the former than…

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Biden’s Righteous Fury at Being Called an “Elderly Man with a Poor Memory”

One of the truest truisms in politics is that Presidential-election campaigns are marathons rather than sprints. Since Joe Biden’s senior…

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The Second Death of Pablo Neruda

It may come as no surprise that a country as deeply polarized by its recent history as Chile is also…

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The Last Real Legislative Battle of 2024

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The Risks in Attacking the Houthis in Yemen

Late on Monday of last week, the United States and the United Kingdom staged attacks on Yemen, bombing military-equipment storage…

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“Do I Have to Come Here Injured or Dead?”

Now, cuffed and shackled, Keldy was a criminal defendant, charged with a misdemeanor. She had committed two phone numbers to…

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“Subtraction”: A Masterwork of Realistic Fantasy

Iranian cinema has risen to international prominence in recent decades, largely through the meticulous realism of such directors as Abbas…

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