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Monkey Videos as a Way of Life

Pete Moss didn’t plan on making capuchin videos a career. “But the way it makes me feel . . . I can’t put it into words.”

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Trump’s Advice for Girl Scouts

“Remember, as you become Woman Scouts, aim to be as thin as your mints.”

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Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision of a Zealot Elected to “Make America Great Again”

In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, Butler’s “Parable” books may be unmatched.

July 26, 2017

Jeff Sessions Urges Melania to Work Harder on Campaign to Stop Cyberbullying

“From my perspective, cyberbullying is very much a growing problem,” the Attorney General said.

July 26, 2017

The Cruelty and Cynicism of Trump’s Transgender Ban

The President’s tweets are a naked attempt to divert attention from his scandals.

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How Not to Solve the Refugee Crisis

A case of mistaken identity put the wrong man in jail. Now it highlights the failure of prosecutions to tackle a humanitarian disaster.

A New Kind of Adultery Novel

Sally Rooney’s début, “Conversations with Friends,” is a bracing study of ideas. But it’s even smarter about people.

The Cynical Cruelty of Trump’s Transgender Ban

The President’s tweets are a naked attempt to divert attention from his scandals.

Octavia Butler’s Prescient Vision

In the ongoing contest over which dystopian classic is most applicable to our time, the writer’s “Parable” books may be unmatched.

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A Lost Cat’s Reincarnation

When Masahisa Fukase’s kitten disappeared, and a stranger returned the wrong animal, he took the stray in anyway and made it the subject of a photo series.

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The Beatrice Inn’s Over-the-Top Delicacies

Angie Mar bought this restaurant from Graydon Carter and turned it into a buzzy foodie destination simply by exalting her personal love of meat.

Can Poetry Change Your Life?

Why we are so defensive about the art form’s value.

Calibri’s Scandalous History

In the past decade, the font has played a role in several forgery allegations. Its designer responds.

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John McCain’s Tragic Contradictions

In voting to keep the Obamacare repeal alive, the Arizona senator participated in the sort of cynical politics that he then inveighed against on the Senate floor.

Jeff Sessions Urges Melania to Work Harder on Campaign to Stop Cyberbullying

“From my perspective, cyberbullying is very much a growing problem,” the Attorney General said.

Trump Tramples on Boy Scout Values

The President took another opportunity to show himself to be demagogic, non-inclusive, dishonest, and simply crude.

“Game of Thrones”: Flaming Ships and Demented Laughter

This season’s episodes are moving along briskly, as are the mails.

“Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” Turns Fifty

A half century after its release, E. L. Konigsburg’s classic is just as sophisticated and intimate as ever.

“Dunkirk”: A War Movie About Patriotic Ciphers

The director Christopher Nolan suppresses the mutilations and agonies of war to focus on its basic moral horror.

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Should Democrats Become “The Party of No”?

Ryan Lizza talks with Dorothy Wickenden about how the Democratic Party can best exploit President Trump’s vulnerabilities on health care, tax reform, and the Russia investigations.

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