Our System
A philosopher had spent his lifetime pondering the nature of knowledge and was ready at last to write down his conclusions. He took out a sheet of white paper and a pen. But he noticed, upon lifting the pen, a slight tremor in his hand. Hours later he was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder that promptly began ravaging his body, though apparently, according to the doctor, not his mind.
These young women will last forever, posed like greyhounds,trapped in the silver crust of the frame.You can’t tell one from another, the breed is so pure.They will never run. Each one alofton a frozen wave of white cotillion laceto resemble marriage, to resemble fate.I remember July sun pouring downin a prickly meadow, and a garter-snake skinlaid out like fairy lingerie on a stone wall.This was Connecticut, there would be a stone wall.Crickets were scraping marrow from the day.I was young; I’d... Читать дальше...
One chilly morning last week, at a Pret a Manger on the edge of Union Square, the Roca brothers came in from the cold. They were visiting New York on a twenty-four-hour furlough from El Celler de Can Roca, their dining establishment in northeast Spain, which, according to the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, a list issued annually by Restaurant magazine, is currently the best on the planet. Joan (head chef), Josep (sommelier), and Jordi (desserts) were dressed in dark parkas that did not look quite up to the weather. Читать дальше...
My Name is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout (Random House). Much of this beautifully unsentimental novel takes place over five days in a New York hospital, where Lucy Barton, the narrator, is recovering from surgery. Her estranged mother is also there, filling the room with endless unspoken memories about Lucy’s deeply poor, troubled childhood. Strout, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Olive Kitteridge,” writes of a powerful, imperfect familial love. “Lucy comes from nothing,” one character says. Читать дальше...
The hundredth anniversary of the readymade, Marcel Duchamp’s name for the common manufactured objects that he converted into works of art by choosing and inscribing them, was celebrated on January 15th at the Museum of Modern Art. About forty invited guests met in a gallery of paintings by Duchamp, Picabia, Man Ray, and other contemporaries, where they were outnumbered by swarms of uninvited visitors—it was Free Friday, with no admission charge after 4 P.M. Ann Temkin, the museum’s chief curator of painting and sculpture... Читать дальше...
When I realized that New York was a cesspit filled with the viscera of broken dreams, I decided that the time had come for me to move to beautiful, sunny Los Angeles.
Vijay Iyer’s music can be jubilant and dramatic, but Iyer is not. He tends to stand slightly farther from someone he is speaking with than people usually do. Seated, he sometimes leans back from an engagement, as if the extra room allowed him more time to reach a judgment. His gaze is examining, and he occasionally looks at people askance, which makes him appear skeptical. In conversation, he seems cautious but precise and quietly determined. He stands with his feet spread and his knees locked, like someone in the military. Читать дальше...
Donald Trump has a rule at his rallies: for the fifty minutes before he takes the stage, the only music that can be played is from a set list that he put together. The list shows a sensitive side, mixing in Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” and music from “Cats” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” But it’s heavy on the Rolling Stones—“Sympathy for the Devil,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and the famously impolitic “Brown Sugar.” The young volunteer in charge of music for one rally sent me the full Trump-curated playlist and asked for requests.
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Rebecca (Golden Globe winner Rachel Bloom) rents a party bus for a group outing to the beach on the return of this kooky musical sitcom. 8 p.m. KTLA
The X-Files Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson) probe a scientist's suicide in the conclusion of the rebooted...
Sports calendar, Jan. 25-26 College basketball Duke at Miami ESPN Penn State at Ohio State BigTen Lafayette at Bucknell CBSSN Kansas at Iowa State ESPN Women NBA San Antonio at Warriors CSNBA (680) NHL Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers NBCSN Tennis Australian Open TennisCh. Australian Open ESPN2 Australian Open ESPN2 College basketball Indiana at Wisconsin ESPN Texas Tech at Oklahoma ESPN2 Florida State at Boston College ESPNU Kansas State at West Virginia ESPNews Mississippi State at South... Читать дальше...
Since the sixth-grade, Bismarck High School sophomore Michaela Kauk's passion for the Twins baseball team has been showcased by her attire.
Reaction is mixed in communities and among other water providers in western North Dakota over the impact of a major regional water supply project and efforts to weather a recent slowdown in in…
North Dakota State University faculty will conduct research that could make wind power more widespread, reliable and efficient.
Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University James Shapiro was somewhat surprised to see a little boy, just about 10 years old, hold up his hand and ask a question at the end of the session “Shakespeare in America” at JLF on Sunday.
At age 37, it's understandable.
The video shows the extent of the planning that went into the multiple attacks in Paris, which French authorities have said from the beginning was planned in Syria
The New York Police Department released aerial footage of New York City after winter storm Jonas. Photo: NYPD
Thomas Davis has torn three ACLs, so he knows when something is wrong. But even after suffering a broken right arm in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, the Panthers linebacker vowed he wouldn’t miss Super Bowl 50. “I’ve got two weeks to heal up,” Davis said in the victorious locker room, carefully holding his right arm up…
In yet another embarrassing paper leak case, the police carried out raids in half-a-dozen districts across the state and arrested nearly 70 people involved in leaking and circulating the question paper of Rajasthan Jail Prahari (warden) before the exam was to commence on Sunday. Those arrested include some students of Maharaja's College in Jaipur, and 40 people from Ajmer.
Former Minnesota residents give New Yorkers some weather tips.
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Victoria Azarenka cruised to an easy 6-2, 6-4 win in the fourth round of the Australian Open despite a headache before the match. It turns out she was just nervous about the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship against the New England Patriots.
During her standard post-match interview, Azarenka was asked a benign question about her opponent and tried her best to answer it. But just as she was finishing, she couldn't hold back any longer: she needed to know if the Broncos beat the Patriots. Читать дальше...
Most women in this remote, picturesque village in the desert region of the state are self-dependent; all thanks to their embroidery skills.
De radarcontroles van de politie moeten worden opgeschort. Dat stelt voorzitter Gerrit van de Kamp van politievakbond ACP. Er zijn grote twijfels over de betrouwbaarheid van de nieuwe mobiele flitsapparatuur. Agenten maken zich zorgen over de vele foutmetingen; met name grote voertuigen zoals bussen en vrachtwagens blijken met onwaarschijnlijk hoge snelheden te worden geflitst.