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Is There a Downside to Digital Shortcuts?

I used to think math was fun. But that was before fourth grade, the year that math went from cool to cruel.

Turning Creativity Into a Meaningful Career

What sparks creative passion? It could be something as simple as a Polaroid camera.

Never Underestimate the Power of a Logo

Psst. Here’s something I’m embarrassed to tell the rest of the team.

What You See is Not What You Get

A few weeks ago, I was browsing a downtown boutique, when I saw it. There, on a low table by the door, was my next purchase.

Farewell

After 6,205 days on the job, I’m hanging up my spurs. Which means this blog post (number 1,627, for those + more

Miscellany

Elizabeth Corey praises the slow, humble work required of true scholarship: “Though it can be fun to act as an + more

You Are What You Read

I’m no Art Garfunkel, but I have been keeping track of my reading over the last couple of years. Just + more

Quote of the Day

From the eminently quotable Cornel West, on the subject of American pragmatism: We can go all the way back to + more

Travel Report

Had a picnic lunch with the missus last Monday in Lonerock, Oregon. We were on our way home from Redmond, + more

Music for Hump Day

Leo Nocentelli turns 76 today. The lead guitarist and co-founder of The Meters was born in New Orleans in 1946. + more

It’s Come to This

Six years ago, when we first brought to your attention the emergence of curate as a synonym for select, I + more

Nightmare Fuel

If hell exists—and I’m inclined to believe it must, otherwise the Kardashians would have no place to go when they + more

Et tu, New Yorker?

I was reading a this story about MSG when I came across the following: Despite MSG’s image makeover, I’ve found + more

Miscellany

Researchers estimate that 90 percent of medieval manuscripts have been lost completely. Florence Hazrat asks the important questions: Are prescribed + more

Old Man Yells at Cloud

This xkcd comic—from 2010, mind you—remains true today: I mean, see for yourself: exhibit A, exhibit B, exhibit C, exhibit + more

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