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Everything in This City Must

It is January, 2013, three months into my time in Leipzig as the Picador Professor at the University of Leipzig’s American Studies Institute, an honored guest: The fellowship consists of a…
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5504 words)

The Baby in the Well

In 2008, Karina Encarnacion, an eight year-old girl from Missouri, wrote to President-elect Barack Obama with some advice about what kind of dog he should get for his daughters. She also suggested…
AUTHOR:Paul Bloom
PUBLISHED: May 20, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3031 words)
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Bad Land

Georg Baselitz, Das Motiv im Grand Canyon, 2003. Copyright © Georg Baselitz. Courtesy Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen. The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has…
LENGTH: 25 minutes (6294 words)

Eyes Wide Open

It is hard going east. It is harder going east with small children. It is hardest going east with small children into the gloom of a Swedish winter. The planes are fast but the adjustment…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2667 words)

One of Us

These are stimulating times for anyone interested in questions of animal consciousness. On what seems like a monthly basis, scientific teams announce the results of new experiments, adding to a…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3453 words)

OTL: Fauja Singh, the runner

THE PARTY WOULD BEGIN just as soon as the race ended. And the race would end just after Fauja Singh crossed the line in 3,851st place. By finishing then -- by finishing at all -- Fauja would do what…
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4180 words)

t.co / Twitter

Twitter uses the t.co domain as part of a service to protect users from harmful activity, to provide value for the developer ecosystem, and as a quality signal for surfacing relevant, interesting…
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Africa Shining

THE WAR WAS STILL RAGING IN RWANDA when Praveen Moman, a Punjabi entrepreneur, came looking to start a tourism business in the late 1990s. Driving over hills ringing with the sounds of gunshots, the…
LENGTH: 29 minutes (7275 words)

Together by Design

IN PARTS OF EASTERN BIHAR AND NEPAL that are associated with the birth of Sita, Ram is not considered a good husband. Folk songs from this region, which fell under the kingdom of Mithila, recount at…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4256 words)
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