NYC Italian enclaves left out of the party as World Cup comes to US with Italy on sidelines: ‘Turned the lights off’
It’s a local disgrazia! The World Cup is coming to the New York area in a few weeks but some...
A ‘Lord of the Flies’ for the ‘Adolescence’ Era
In the first episode of a new adaptation of “Lord of the Flies,” Jack, one of the older boys stranded...
Are Democrats Scared Enough of Trump to Defeat Him?
Graham Platner isn’t my ideal Senate candidate. Not even close. I’m deeply troubled by the thinness of his political experience,...
How once-illegal backyard restaurants are coming out of the shadows to redraw L.A.’s culinary map
A radical deregulation of restaurant requirements is turning hundreds of backyards into booming businesses and reshaping how Los Angeles eats....
Ken Griffin Acquires Second Original Printing of the Constitution
The billionaire financier Ken Griffin made news in 2021 when he paid $43.2 million for a rare first printing of...
They Were Viral Dance Kids. What Do They Do for a Second Act?
There was a moment in the 2010s when talented young dancers seemed to own the internet. Many of these prodigies...
Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?
When you think of Star Wars, you think of lightsabers. Right? What could be better, from a movie-making standpoint, than...
A Memoir of Grief, and the Ghosts That Linger After a Loss
GHOST STORIES: A Memoir, by Siri Hustvedt Siri Hustvedt’s new memoir, “Ghost Stories,” about her life with Paul Auster, is...
Love It or Hate It, the Met Gala Is Here
Good morning. It’s Monday. We’ll get a glimpse of what to expect at what is perhaps the premier event on...
Trump-friendly court has ‘destabilizing’ plans to ‘run the United States’: analyst
The “far-right” U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has emerged at the center of a series of “destabilizing”...
