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Digging into immortality
John Martin Fischer directs a $5-million study of immortality. But the philosopher wants this known: He isn’t hunting ghosts or attending seances… more»
The lock pickers
In the 19th century, locksmithing was England’s pride. Then Alfred Hobbs changed that, prompting a question: How safe can something be?… more»… more»
Garry Wills and America
The cheerful iconoclast. There is no topic–Augustine, Verdi, Nixon–on which Garry Wills has no view, usually one at odds with both left and right… more»
Charles Rosen, the philosopher pianist
A knack for provocation, taste for grand statements, belief in being contrary: Charles Rosen was among the last of the philosopher pianists… more»
The physicist and his troubles
A 68-year-old egomaniacal and absent-minded theoretical physicist meets a bikini model online. Of course, all is not as it seems… more»
Robin Nagle
Robin Nagle has a fancy title: clinical associate professor of anthropology and urban studies at New York University. But what she talks is trash. Real trash… more»
Death of the American pun
The pun has been overtaken (killed off, really) by a form both witless and ugly: the adjoinage. “Techpreneur,” anyone?… more»
Was Harry Dexter White a spy?
The economist Harry Dexter White helped solidify U.S. dominance after World War II. He was intelligent, relentless. And a Soviet mole… more»
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The turn against Nabokov
Dead 36 years, Vladimir Nabokov is, once again, controversial. Indeed, he is everything Putin’s Russia despises: liberal, elitist, emigrant… more»
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The brilliance of Kenneth Tynan
Kenneth Tynan earned his reputation as a savage wit. But it’s not enough to be clever – one must also be right… more»
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