Today on the blog, a Benedictine Beatnik and his concrete poetry, and a newly discovered 1963 recording of the John + more
After the first two waves of Operation Steinbock, the Nazi’s final bomber offensive of WWII, “nearly 100 Londoners were wounded or + more
On a day in which we mourn the passing of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain and learn that Washington Post columnist + more
We don’t normally do politics around here. But “The High Price of Stale Grievances” by Coleman Hughes is a serious, well-written + more
“When you drink good seltzer,” says Kenny Gomberg, third-generation owner of the last remaining seltzer factory in New York City, + more
So there’s this thing called the Dunning-Kruger effect, which describes how people who don’t know much about a given topic + more
On a morning walk in the Queen Anne area of Seattle earlier this year, my wife Linda and our daughter + more
The great Andrew Ferguson on today’s “futile and stupid gesture from Starbucks.” These days, efficiency is king. So what’s with + more
In the May 8 issue of The New York Times Magazine, Lauren Oyler asks an important question: What do we mean + more
Check this out: Richard Wagner and Arthur Conan Doyle share a birthday today, which, coincidentally, is the same day Sun Ra + more
So. You’re an Egyptian Fatimid in the 11th Century and you need to get a load of spices, gold, slaves, + more
Did you catch Tim Cook’s commencement speech at Duke? No? Sounds like you didn’t miss much. Poet Voice: “scourge of + more
“When a new thing…is presented us our first criticisms are not our truest, best, most homefelt, or most lasting but + more
From yesterday’s New York Times: Robert N. Hall’s legacy can be found at almost every checkout counter—that little red blinking + more
Yeah, I know, it’s been a month since we last posted anything—a new record, if I’m not mistaken. But we’ve + more