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19.04.2024 3

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Leaving the loops open

12.04.2024 3

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Posthumous publication: Honoring an author’s wishes or literary grave robbing?

05.04.2024 4

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The Road House to hell is paved with good intentions

05.04.2024 4

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The Moynihan and Buckley era

05.04.2024 6

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A realist climate agenda

05.04.2024 5

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Eating like a soldier

05.04.2024 4

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A total eclipse of the sanity

05.04.2024 4

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The bare unnecessities

22.03.2024 3

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Smoke ’em if you got there

15.03.2024 7

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Revenge is a dish best served salty

08.03.2024 4

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The early bird dinner club

01.03.2024 4

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The mini benedict option

23.02.2024 5

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Bold fashion choices

09.02.2024 2

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Lucky Jim at 70 and the long decline of the university

02.02.2024 2

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How the world changed beneath I.S.S.

02.02.2024 2

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Bomber boys

02.02.2024 2

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Wrestling and the recreation of cable

02.02.2024 2

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A scented millionaire shall not want

02.02.2024 2

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Stick a spork in 2023

A spoon that has little fork-like tines on the end is called, by most normal people, a “spork,” which I think we can all agree is a...

29.12.2023 2

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Tips for the holiday season

This morning, as I unfolded my newspaper, a small envelope slipped out. It was a “holiday” card — about as nondenominational and unspecific as...

08.12.2023 3

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Speaking the language of the locals

When you’re in a foreign country, it’s considered rude to just march into a shop and immediately speak English. You’re supposed to act sheepish...

01.12.2023 2

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The trick to avoiding fighting over politics

I was taking a walk through my neighborhood with a friend yesterday. We were doing our usual “cigar walk,” during which we smoke cigars and stroll...

17.11.2023 10

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The internet pedants will have their day

I was a guest on a television show a few years back, and I told a story about buying a used car. It was an old Subaru Outback, I explained, and when I...

10.11.2023 6

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The polite trick-or-treater theory of building a working society

Let me set the scene. Last night, Halloween, a little after 6 p.m., in Manhattan, outside my house. On my street, Halloween is a big deal. The local...

03.11.2023 6

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Things that don't work and humans that do

I was in a small group meeting recently to discuss the progress a certain web-based publication has made in reaching and developing its audience. The...

27.10.2023 10

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When quirky online fun turns sinister

On every movie or television set, tucked away behind some set dressing or behind a practical wall, there’s a table loaded with snacks. It’s called...

20.10.2023 2

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Dining room confidential: Why New York restaurants get away with being so precious

People in New York City, in general, have very small kitchens. It’s a big reason why New Yorkers eat out so often. A city filled with small...

13.10.2023 5

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Legal marijuana and smoking bans make for a weird mix

Yesterday afternoon, minding my own business, I was victimized by the New York State Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act of 2021. Here’s how it...

06.10.2023 2

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Balancing professional and folk medical wisdom

A few weeks ago, as I was getting out of a taxi, a bike messenger whipped by me, and I was thrown to the ground. I hit the concrete pretty hard, but I...

29.09.2023 2

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Invest in feeling good (for others feeling bad)

Every now and then, you have to allow yourself to be happy at someone else’s misfortune. You’re not supposed to, of course. Schadenfreude is often...

22.09.2023 2

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Plastic people worry over silicon minds

“I’m really worried about what artificial intelligence is going to do to the culture,” a woman I know told me recently at a party. “I’m...

15.09.2023 2

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The many meanings of 'I don’t know'

When I was younger, someone gave me some excellent advice. “If you don’t know the answer to something,” he said, “it’s perfectly OK to say...

08.09.2023 1

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