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What Might Surprise You About Elon Musk’s Education
Elon Musk is one of the richest men in the entire world. It is a high achievement that only a few have managed to succeed in all of humanity....
How Do You Know When a System Has Failed?
At some point in the past decade or two, dance-music d.j.s discovered a way of punctuating their sets with a prank. Just as the music was reaching a crescendo,...
Why Zora Neale Hurston Was Obsessed with the Jews
Zora Neale Hurston was a philosemite. She believed that the Jews had been victims of stereotyping that started with Moses and that was promoted by the Bible and fed...
Tabula Rasa: Volume Five
This is the fifth article in the “Tabula Rasa” series. Read Volumes One, Two, Three, and Four.Bleb“Bleb” is worth eight points in Scrabble. Thought you might like to know....
Sunday Mail Mystery Solved: Here’s When USPS Actually Delivers
Ever found yourself puzzled about whether your mail will show up on a Sunday? You’re not alone. Many folks are curious about how USPS handles Sunday deliveries. While it’s...
The Liberated Life of Colman Domingo
The last time I talked to Colman Domingo, in 2021, his life was completely different. At fifty-one, he was a successful character actor, the kind whose face you might...
Barry Blitt’s “Two’s a Crowd”
In cartoonist Barry Blitt’s portrayal of the upcoming Inauguration Day, the new President is sidelined into a dash of yellow hair and a sliver of red tie. “On January...
The Outsized Influence of De La Soul
Continuing its study of Mahler, the Philadelphia Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall with the Ninth Symphony, the composer’s last completed. Written soon after the death of Mahler’s daughter and...
A City on Fire Can’t Be Photographed
The glow in the photos coming out of Los Angeles is otherworldly, though that is precisely the wrong term. Cinematic? That isn’t quite right, either: too painfully apt for...
The Era of Richard Foreman
With the death of the director Richard Foreman, at eighty-seven, on January 4th, an era came to an end. You might define that era as a time of American...
