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John Semley on the history of undertakers, the corporatization of funeral parlors, and communal grieving
Where is the joy? Where is the pride in ChatGPT or Claude? AI stinks of the living dead.
Ann Manov on conservative educational reform, teaching in France, and the loss of rigor
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Katie Thornton on cynicism, language learning, and Esperanto’s ban on slang
Last July, 139 people were killed as a result of flooding along several rivers in central Texas. The disaster was caused, we were told, by what the
“The Goon Squad, ” by Daniel Kolitz, is cited by judges for “original, stylish magazine storytelling. ”
Nat Segnit on theme-park propaganda, the international appetite for jingoism, and a hypothetical Winston Churchill musical
It is a matter of necessity or a choice freely made; a burdensome condition or a vintage-Polaroid fantasy: to live in a van. During the pandemic, the
His shortsighted analysis of the war in Iran was followed by a blatant lie.
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