Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, chosen to commemorate the date—January 27, 1945—that the Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. Coincidentally, I + more
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, chosen to commemorate the date—January 27, 1945—that the Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. Coincidentally, I + more
May I interest you in a 717-gigapixel scan of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch? Before you say “No,” I should point + more
“Japan has around 300 brands of short-grain japonica rice that go by names like Yume Shizuku (Dream Droplet), Seiten no + more
Today’s the 15th anniversary of Michael Brecker’s death, and Ted Gioia has some thoughts: Almost every saxophonist I met in + more
Words of wisdom from the 37th president of the United States, taken from his series of interviews with David Frost + more
So Georgia and Alabama are playing in the college football national championship tonight, I guess? (Sorry—I can’t even feign interest + more
Did I manage to let 2021 slip by without my annual list of music recommendations? Somebody should probably fire me. + more
“In its prime, from around 1200 to 1550, Great Zimbabwe was home to about 10,000 people. The state covered 1,779 + more
Happy 2022, everyone. What are the odds we’ll still be around to ring in 2023? I’m guessing somewhere around 11/10. + more
Ten percent of U.S. electricity is generated from old Russian nuclear warheads. It took two ad creatives all of 45 + more
The overall COVID death rate for men is 1.6 times higher than that for women. (Fight the matriarchy!) Side note: + more
Remember a while back when I admitted having a crush on Suzanne “Diva of the Diode” Ciani? (Sure, you’ve got + more
Science nerds, rejoice! River Runner enables you to “drop a raindrop anywhere in the contiguous United States and watch where + more