Month: October 2024

The twinge begins in the afternoon: toes. At my desk, toes, itching. Toes, toes, toes. I don’t normally think about...

The singer, songwriter, and composer Randy Newman had a fascination with the legend of Faust that approached obsession. Beginning around...

There is something ironic about the fact that, of all the countries in the Middle East, Iran is the one...

In the months leading up to a presidential election, bookstores fill with campaign memoirs. These titles are, for the most...

Many of this year’s most popular Halloween costumes make sense. One trend tracker’s list includes characters from Beetlejuice and Inside...

Two of them were sprawled out on a long concrete bench in front of the main Haverford College library, one...

Charleroi is a small mill town south of Pittsburgh whose dozen blocks, running along the tracks of the Norfolk Southern...

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