“The puzzles spread from the United States across the globe, but the American crossword today doesn’t always reflect the linguistic changes that immigration brings.”
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Would You Clone Your Dog?
“We love our dogs for their individual characters—and yet cloning implies that we also believe their unique, unreproducible selves can, in fact, be reproduced.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• A pair of aces
• Room for growth
• Still a-maze-ing
• Wheel of misfortune
• The road less traveled
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‘This Was Our Life’: A Reading List on Multigenerational Caregiving
Five stories on the overwhelming, profound art of caring for other people.
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The Last Lighthouse Keeper in America
“In a technological age, impassioned devotees renew an ancient maritime tradition.”
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How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker
“The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top.”
Posted inThe Atavist Magazine
The Good Catholics of Buffalo
With thousands of US soldiers dying in Vietnam, a righteous group of young New Yorkers embarked on a secret mission to bring the war machine to its knees.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Texan Doctor and the Disappeared Saudi Princesses
“Four daughters in the royal family were kept drugged and imprisoned for almost two decades. A physician who tried to free them speaks out for the first time.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Speaking Apartment
“The good ones are seldom advertised; they are passed down to friends or family members.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this week’s Top 5 we have lessons from apartheid, clever Claude, feeling bodies anew, the power of wax, and free mining.
