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The Paint Company Creating a New Kind of Decorating Anxiety
It used to be chic to have white walls. Now stylish homeowners are paying consultants to find the perfect color.
What America Will See in Beto O’Rourke
In his announcement video, O’Rourke appears to assimilate the messages of several other Democrats who have declared themselves candidates or considered running, making himself out to be a kind of ur-candidate.
College Admissions and the Banality of Scamming
Stories about grifters allow us to vicariously live out our worst urges, but they also present us with open-and-shut arcs that show crime doesn’t pay—in a world that, more often than not, suggests that it does.
Unpopular Speech and the Need to Defend the Reviled in the #MeToo Era
What happens today if one agrees to represent an accused #MeToo villain or speaks out in defense of his due-process rights?
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Can Tucker Carlson Be Shamed?
Fox News has stood by its host amid a series of scandals. Recently, though, Carlson’s show has started to lose advertisers.
The Rise of Coffee-Connoisseur Culture
In the new wave of coffee fanaticism, attention to tasting notes and pairings rivals that of the world of wine.
Your Guide to the Cool New Airport Terminal
Help yourself to our vast selection of Smartwater, Fiji water, Dasani water—you name it, they’re all here, and they’re all $4.90.
The Glorious Range of Minnesota Hockey Hair
For nearly a decade, one man has chronicled one of the most endearing rituals in American sports, elevating the hockey haircut to viral prominence.
Flowcharts for the Brexit Endgame
Brexit is scheduled to take place on March 29th—but the United Kingdom isn’t ready. Here are the possible paths forward.
Britain’s Humiliation Over Brexit Continues
Two years and nine months after the referendum, there is still no end to the gridlock and chaos it has induced.
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Is America Becoming Trump’s Banana Republic?
Although he acts like an all-powerful strongman, Trump could make himself the first President in decades to leave the office with less power than it had when he entered.
“A Real Director Should Be Absolute”: Lois Weber’s Prescient Thoughts on Filmmaking a Century Ago
The filmmaker, whose remarks are captured in “Lois Weber: Interviews,” was a fanatical realist, a fantasist, a master technician, and one of the most original directors of the silent-film era.
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Canned tuna: providing workers in open-plan offices with a convenient, can-based way to alienate their colleagues.
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Ethan James Green’s subjects—musicians and designers and all manner of “creatives”—are emissaries from a generation that has bushwhacked new expanses of gender expression.
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A Pop-Up Goes Permanent at Oxalis
With a tasting menu that’s a fine-dining bargain, the chef Nico Russell pursues perfection—very cautiously.
Captain Marvel Saves a Movie
The action sequences are derivative and the backstory confounding, but Brie Larson, as the movie’s titular heroine, executes her duties with resourcefulness and wit.
King Karl Is Dead, and Fashion Is Free
For sixty-five years, at Fendi and Chanel, Lagerfeld churned out collections—but never changed the way we dress. He revered beauty too much to despoil it by radical experiment.
“Color and Light”
“At what point did his relations with Pauline begin to violate the ordinary rules of social contact? It started normally enough. Or did it?”