Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Culture
09/24/2023
Lyric Opera’s new SoundShirts let deaf patrons feel the music
Chicago's Lyric Opera is introducing state-of-the-art technology that will enable patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing to experience the power of the music in a new way.
09/26/2023
US judge throws out Texas ban on drag acts, calls it unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that the state's new law limiting public drag performances was an unconstitutional restriction on speech and he permanently forbid enforcement of it.
07/06/2023
Opinion: Google Isn’t Grad School
Having so much information at our fingertips is useful but seductive, easily fooling us into thinking we know more than we do.
05/04/2023
Opinion: What Our Toxic Culture Does to the Young
In the early 1960s typical Americans were eager to get on with adult life.
01/19/2023
Opinion: The Black Musical That May Have Inspired Gershwin
I have, over the transom, received the paperback edition of a book that escaped me last year, to my regret.
12/08/2022
Sundance Film Festival’s 2023 lineup brings growing diversity
For the first time since the festival began releasing demographic data in 2019, a majority of the U.S. films in both the dramatic and documentary competitions are directed by women and by people of color.
11/30/2022
Opinion: No, the U.S. Military Is Not Being Weakened by “Wokeness”
The world's greatest fighting force is stronger because it doesn't require recruits to uncritically embrace American mythology.
11/08/2022
All-terrain wheelchairs arrive at U.S. parks: ‘This is life-changing’
Georgia and South Dakota are the latest states to provide off-road wheelchairs on public trails.
10/13/2022
‘Rare’ Roman mosaic found in Rastan, Syria
A 1,600-year-old virtually intact Roman-era mosaic has been discovered in central Syria.
09/29/2022
Scott Galloway on Why the Internet Is a Mess, Why the News Is So Angry, and Why American Men Are ‘Adrift’
A wide-ranging conversation with speaker and star podcaster Scott Galloway (The Prof G Pod, Pivot) on his new book Adrift, why being a pundit means being a talented “catastrophist,” the struggles of broke and lonely men, the upside of crypto, and the dark side of the metaverse.
08/19/2022
Muslims, too, can defend Salman Rushdie’s freedom
The Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York is a summer camp for liberal Americans interested in ideas and arts.
09/01/2022