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A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship
“Would you raise kids with your best pals?”
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You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor
“Benedict Arnold’s boot wouldn’t come off, and other hardships from my weekend in the Revolutionary War.”
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The Murder of ‘The Washington Post’
“Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: Concrete memories, grief science, captive cats, relentless pain, and myth meets reality.
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The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone
“‘Who’s calling?’ the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending notable stories from Caitlin Dickerson, Marci Wilding, Tiffany Huang, Nick Paumgarten, and Chabeli Carrazana.
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That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
“Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called ‘sludge.'”
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Inside America’s Death Chambers
“What years of witnessing executions taught me about sin, mercy, and the possibility of redemption.”
