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Forget What We Said Two Days Ago. This Is the BEST Year Ever.

According to the fine folks at the Oxford English Dictionary, there are 171,476 English words currently in use. And not + more

Only 127 Days Left in This Godforsaken Year

From Scientific American, folks: “‘Oumuamua—a mysterious, interstellar object that crashed through our solar system two years ago—might in fact be + more

Miscellany

Before you take this advice seriously, ask yourself one question: Has the federal government ever—and I do mean ever—been right + more

Tuesday Musings

The other day I saw a bumper sticker that read “It’s Not Hard to Be Nice.” At first blush, it’s + more

Quote of the Day

“All human effort beyond the lowest level of the struggle for animal subsistence is motivated by the need to live + more

Miscellany

We live in an age in which respectful, good-faith, reasoned debate is the exception rather than the rule. So I’m + more

Evening Reading

Do yourself a favor and check out this great profile of La Monte Young, “the composer who quietly shaped much + more

Quote of the Day

“Let me tell you somethin’ right now. You’re only allowed three great women in your lifetime. They come along like + more

Public Service Announcement

I’m not sure who all needs to hear this—apart from those within my own industry, it seems—but, despite what Merriam-Webster + more

Miscellany: Pull-Quote Edition!

“International Drive has developed into a tacky gauntlet whereby families are stripped of armloads of cash on their way to + more

From the “Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” Files

This post will appeal only to a very narrow subset of our vast and wide-ranging audience, but what the hell. + more

Today in History

In his diary entry of July 14, 1911, A. C. Benson recounts a college dinner at Cambridge for old members—and + more

A Much-Needed Corrective

We live in stupid times. On this there can be no debate. And while it’s certainly tempting to give up + more

Poetry Break

from ATTICS OF MY LIFE Robert Hunter* In the attics of my life Full of cloudy dreams unreal Full of + more

Miscellany

Evangeline Garreau, from the latest issue of her never-boring email newsletter, on the occasion of her thirtieth birthday: One thing + more

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