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Deep Breath, Everyone

On a day in which we mourn the passing of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain and learn that Washington Post columnist + more

Today on the Blog: Something for Everyone

We don’t normally do politics around here. But “The High Price of Stale Grievances” by Coleman Hughes is a serious, well-written + more

Hurts So Good

“When you drink good seltzer,” says Kenny Gomberg, third-generation owner of the last remaining seltzer factory in New York City, + more

You Don’t Say

So there’s this thing called the Dunning-Kruger effect, which describes how people who don’t know much about a given topic + more

A Very Fine Artist

On a morning walk in the Queen Anne area of Seattle earlier this year, my wife Linda and our daughter + more

Post-Memorial Day Miscellany

The great Andrew Ferguson on today’s “futile and stupid gesture from Starbucks.” These days, efficiency is king. So what’s with + more

Apparently, Only Art Can Save Us Now

In the May 8 issue of The New York Times Magazine, Lauren Oyler asks an important question: What do we mean + more

Three Reasons to Eat Cake Today

Check this out: Richard Wagner and Arthur Conan Doyle share a birthday today, which, coincidentally, is the same day Sun Ra + more

Goodbye, Productivity

So. You’re an Egyptian Fatimid in the 11th Century and you need to get a load of spices, gold, slaves, + more

Miscellany for Your Weekend

Did you catch Tim Cook’s commencement speech at Duke? No? Sounds like you didn’t miss much. Poet Voice: “scourge of + more

Words of Wisdom

“When a new thing…is presented us our first criticisms are not our truest, best, most homefelt, or most lasting but + more

What a Life

From yesterday’s New York Times: Robert N. Hall’s legacy can be found at almost every checkout counter—that little red blinking + more

And…we’re back.

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

Happy Thursday, Everyone

While police are investigating reports of zombie raccoons in Youngstown, Ohio, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “surprised + more

Miscellany

Today’s miscellany is all about music. So if you don’t dig on tunes, you can go ahead and stop reading + more

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