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How Do You Get Acoustic Instruments to Play Electronic Music?
The composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of the pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses how he translated microtonal electronic music for a…
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Is Poor Economic Sentiment All About MAGA?
The economy is good, but Americans feel bad about it. Or do they? The more I look into it, the…
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The False Note in Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’
The film celebrates Leonard Bernstein’s musical duality, but fails to seriously engage with his bisexuality.
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Don’t Be Surprised if Trump Starts Attacking the Fed
Interest rates are heading down. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of this…
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A Novel of the Spanish Conquest, Magic Mushrooms Included
Álvaro Enrigue’s “You Dreamed of Empires” is a hallucinatory tale of the conquistadors’ arrival at Moctezuma’s gates.
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‘Shared Sorrow Is Half Sorrow’
Early on the morning of Friday, Nov. 10, my phone rang with terrible news: My wife, Nancy, has a highly…
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How to Make the Most of a Home Inspection
If you’re trying to buy a home, the inspection should examine major systems in the home. The key is to…
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A Homeless Man Sleeps in the Lobby of My Apartment Building. What Should I Do?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to be empathetic while also respecting one’s own boundaries.
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Taraji P. Henson Is Tired of Fighting
Before things started to click for Taraji P. Henson, she sought career counseling from the man upstairs. “I had a…
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What Biden Needs to Tell Us
Sometimes social revolutions emerge from ordinary ideas. In the 17th and 18th centuries, thinkers like William Petty, David Hume and…