Magazine - Life & Arts
Lucian Freudian analysis
“Lucian Freud: New Perspectives” can be seen at the Museo Thyssen, Madrid, through June 18. Lucian Freud talked a good picture. As with his friend Francis Bacon,…
March 28, 2023
Crime
Crime is just a ‘basic city experience’ in San Francisco
San Francisco: the city of $20,000 trash cans, free drug paraphernalia, and routine car break-ins. Surely the hundreds of thousands of residents who have fled the city…
Beltway Confidential
Nutria? Sweet! (A saccharine story)
Don’t mess with an American’s pet. Just don’t do it. And if that pet happens to be a swamp rat, you’ll arouse some ragin’ Cajuns. The tale…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Lost in religion
Imagine if one day someone you know, a relative, say, like a sibling or cousin, or a close friend or a co-worker or maybe even just an…
Magazine - Obituary
Willis Reed, 1942-2023
Most athletes who become all-time greats acquire their immortality through many years of consistent top-level performance. But there are others who become immortal in a single moment.…
Foreign Policy
Why China props up Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Russian President Vladimir Putin on a state visit to Moscow and pledged to strengthen the two nations’ already-robust relations. Calling Putin his…
Magazine - Life & Arts
How to man up (for whatever)
I have a friend around my age who is looking for a boyfriend. In the currently popular euphemism, she has “recently rejoined the dating world.” What that…
Columnists
All hail, our artificial overlords
A chatbot is a computer program. It uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing, or NLP, to simulate conversation. Chatbots are now so sophisticated that they are…
Daily Memo
A new look at trans in America
A NEW LOOK AT TRANS IN AMERICA. The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation have done a study on American adults classified as trans. The headline…