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The psychological thriller “The Man in My Basement” adapts Walter Mosley’s 2004 novel of the same name, but yields little by way of intriguing psychology or thrills. Set in the quaint Long…
Who discovered the lightbulb? If you answered “Thomas Edison,” you’re not alone—and you’re also not quite right. Despite conventional wisdom that associates great inventions with lone…
It’s Monday morning. You open your calendar to find the all-too-typical back-to-back block of meetings. It’s draining and there’s nothing to do but play the game of Tetris to see when…
Trump apparently disagrees and hopes to enforce Section 700(b) against future flag-burners. “And what the penalty will be is that if you burn a flag, you get one year in jail,” Trump…
In a world obsessed with productivity hacks and optimization strategies, I propose we try something radical: What if the secret to peak performance isn’t doing more, but doing differently?…
Fall is officially on its way, and for weeks, I have not been ready, excited, or happy about it. A summer in Brooklyn is just an unforgettable experience. However, fall fashion is starting…
Bob Odenkirk learned a valuable lesson for “Mr. Show” during his days writing on “Saturday Night Live.” During a recent episode of Variety‘s “Know Their Lines,” Odenkirk said he and…
Greenberg: Yeah. And it’s interesting and important strategically, but it’s not that interesting morally. It’s all functionally the same. Anyway, that was a really important atmospheric…
The Democratic Party’s poll numbers are so bad because the party isn’t trusted to deliver on its ideas, argues Leah Greenberg, co–executive director of the liberal group Indivisible. In…
There are times when the best way to learn something about urbanism is to embrace sheer ignorance. The more a planner knows about zoning, the more careful they become about zoning reform.…
As I'm sure many of us are, I'm a big fan of saving money whenever and wherever I can. All the same, I don't want to give up those small beauty luxuries, like a flattering seasonal hair…
There’s no doubt about it: When we want to know what’s chic nowadays, we look to the Europeans. Between the effortless sophistication of French-girl style, the breezy silhouettes of the…
Intuit is expanding on its Invest, Develop, Empower, Accelerate and Scale program this year, in partnership with the National Urban League. After the success of its inaugural year, Intuit…
When scientist Zorana Ivcevic Pringle first started out in academia as an undergraduate student, she wanted “to study interesting people.” Unfortunately, that’s not a scientific term, and…
If you're anything like me, you typically style white tank tops with super-casual pieces like baggy jeans, extra-short denim cutoffs, terry-cloth shorts, and the like. White tanks aren't…
When the second season of “Severance” premiered, and the workplace puzzle box quickly became the buzziest show on television, Adam Scott was in the Irish countryside filming an indie…
The internet—it seemed like such a good idea at the time. Under conditions of informational poverty, our ancestors had no choice but to operate on a need-to-know basis. The absence of…
PARIS — Ask any designer what the key to bringing to life a seemingly impossible idea is, and more often than not they’ll tell you that it wasn’t down to their imagination but to its…
Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” as the opening to the first Star Wars movie, later labeled Episode IV: A…
You may have a few go-to spring and summer outfit formulas you turn to, but if you're looking to switch it up, you've landed in the right spot. I scrolled through the Instagram feeds of…
As Americans are having fewer babies, the White House has been gathering ideas on what can be done to increase the birth rate. The New York Times reported that one of the ideas is a $5,000…
In a sweeping transformation of Britain’s most prestigious theatrical institution, Kate Varah, co-chief executive of the U.K.’s National Theatre, has unveiled ambitious plans for the…
If there's one thing I love, it's an opportunity to dress up. Sure, a wedding is all about celebrating the happy couple, and celebrate them I will, but these days opportunities to don an…
The category of unbuilt and fantastical design ideas known as “paper architecture” may have no better exemplar than the radical British architecture group Archigram. Founded in the early…
