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“Irrationality has gotten absolutely entrenched at the highest levels of power in the United States.”

The Last Enlightenment Man

Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker is battling the woke left and the woo-woo right.

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“I never experience a sense of pride. When I’m finished with a movie or, in this case, a book, I always have a sense of: I don’t want to re-read it, I don’t want to see it again."

An Open Letter to Woody Allen

And a grand unified theory of his cinematic universe.

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Another insane week in American health.

The Week in American Health: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

In the latest edition of our "The Week in American Health" column: former U.S. surgeon generals sound the alarm, while R.F.K. Jr. sets his sights on circumcision and sugar beets.

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“People open restaurants to create a community.”

An American Restaurant in Paris

L’Arrêt by the Grey, a new restaurant from the American chef Mashama Bailey, is bringing Low Country cooking to the chichi residents of Paris's Seventh Arrondissement.

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“There’s only a few hundred of us left. I’m one of the youngest, and I’m 71 years old.”

Beware Calabrians Speaking Greek

Nestled among the mountains at the tip of Italy’s boot is a constellation of villages that still speak a Greek dialect dating back more than 3,000 years.

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“The truth is, for most Americans 1929 is a hazy conception. And that’s not because they haven’t read enough books; it’s because the full story has never been told.”

Andrew Ross Sorkin on the Shakespearean Characters Behind the 1929 Financial Crash

"You could admire them, you could loathe them, sometimes both in the same breath."

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“It’s evil at its core.”

To Catch a Catfish

A former police officer turned private investigator is hunting down romance scammers preying on wealthy, lonely seniors in Australia.

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s favorite hotel: “Alfonso XIII, in Seville, Spain.”

What Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Can't Live Without

The "Game of Thrones" actor and host of "An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet" answers 19 of life’s most pressing questions.

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“It was inevitable that the girlbosses would return, since the system that cranked them out to begin with remained intact, with no visible reform or adaptation, after their fall.”

The Girlbosses Are Back, Baby. Is Anyone Surprised?

Whitney Wolfe Herd, of Bumble; Leandra Medine Cohen, of Man Repeller; Audrey Gelman, of the Wing … The canceled female founders are back. Jessa Crispin reports.

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“Nick Rockefeller got away with his impersonation until the day he died, a feat accomplished by no other major impostor in modern history.”

Nicholas Rockefeller's 40-Year Con: Part III

Beneath the “wonderful man” described by a Yale Law School classmate lurked a dark, abusive Mr. Hyde.

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“We didn’t understand how it was possible for a woman not to know what had happened to her for 10 years.”

Gisèle Pelicot’s Lawyers On the Court Case That Bound Them Together

Sometimes, the three of them would just sit in silence over lunch. “It felt like a way of diluting the violence, of sharing it three ways.”

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“I always say that a recipe is half science and half poetry."

Ruthie Rogers Teams Up With Ed Ruscha For a Book All About Lemons

It is a recipe book that only the restaurateur behind London's River Cafe could pull off.

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Some things never really go out of style. They just get misplaced. But lately, certain relics—tallow, bay rum, horn combs—have crept back in.

The Air Mail Guide to Reviving the Past

In our latest "Notes on an Aesthetic" column: old habits—smoking, day robes, handkerchiefs—die hard.

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The tagline of TrumpRx, we’re told, will be something along the lines of Walgreens’ “At the corner of happy and healthy”—but the opposite.

The Week in American Health: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

In the latest edition of our "The Week in American Health" column: TrumpRx gets the green light; R.F.K. Jr.’s neo-Nazi problem; and the abortion wars rage on.

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Abby Choi was a rising star on Hong Kong’s social scene. Her ex-husband, Alex Kwong, is now accused of her murder.

Two Years After the Model Abby Choi Was Dismembered, New Details Emerge

The 28-year-old Hong Kong mother of four was allegedly targeted by her ex-husband and his family.

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“People can reference what we’re doing. But we’re 10 steps ahead.”

War of the Gourmet Grocers

Fighting over everything from chicken salad to trad-wife protein powder, a spate of Manhattan prepared-food stores are vying to take the place of Dean & DeLuca.

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“I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous.”

The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Warfare

J. K. Rowling unleashed a tirade on X this week against her former protégée, Hermione actress Emma Watson.

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“Whether somebody will actually take this book in the kitchen and put it next to their saucepan, I’m not sure. They might read it in bed and you might read it like an art book.”

Ruthie Rogers Teams Up With Ed Ruscha For a Book All About Lemons

It is a recipe book that only the restaurateur behind London's River Cafe could pull off.

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