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Death’s Secretary Tries to Forget on Cape Cod

We have come to Cape Cod for a few days to forget the man-made world that is too much with us.

Clyburn: I Don't Like Current Food Stamp Work Requirements

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Assistant Minority Leader Rep.

REVIEW: The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

In Martin Amis’ The Zone of Interest (2014), set in a Nazi death camp, the Commander, Paul Doll, has his wife, Hannah, and two daughters living with him in the “zone,” where the smell of rotting flesh from the mass graves functions as a persistent clue that things have gone

Notes to Poetry: Or, defending freedom for the future

Der Zauberlehrling (1797) is the title of a famous ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a re-telling of an ancient Egyptian myth that was later put to music by the French composer, Paul Dukas, in his orchestral scherzo L’Apprenti sorcier (1897). The latter was chosen for the title of

Williams-Sonoma Latest Retailer to Leave Downtown San Francisco

Williams-Sonoma, a retailer specializing in kitchen and home furnishings, confirmed Friday that it will leave its downtown San Francisco location next year, becoming the latest big retailer to leave the Union Square area. The San Francisco Standard reported (original links): The Williams-Sonoma Union Square store will close in 2024, the

Gaming Legend and 'Doom' Co-Creator John Carmack Blasted by Media for Attending 'Anti-Woke' Conference

John Carmack, co-creator of the pioneering video game Doom and former CTO of Oculus VR, has said he is “not a culture warrior,” after leftist journalists blasted him for agreeing to speak at BasedCon, a sci-fi and video games conference that rejects woke ideology. While there is no indication that

The Great Meatless Diet Con (Part 5)

“Humans shouldn’t be allowed to kill animals for food,” they say. But, every form of life depends on the consumption of other life forms. Vegetables are alive. And even vegetables are meat eaters if you observe a carcass that’s left in a forest or pasture. This is one

What Causes Water to Move Inside Your Body?

This article was originally published here. One of the fascinating things about science is that while it is an excellent tool for discerning the nature of reality, it will simultaneously refuse to look at data with implications that challenge the existing scientific orthodoxy. So an unfortunate situation is created where

Egypt: Women Abused Over Alleged ISIS Ties

(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained women and girls related to suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in North Sinai, some for months or years, Human Rights Watch and the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights said today. The authorities have also tortured several women and girls and held

There Is No Escape From Telling

By the lake’s lapping shore above the town and the railroad tracks, my wife and I stopped and marveled, struck stone silent by two dazzling Baltimore Orioles, clawed together as they tumbled, wrestling in the green morning breeze above our heads. They perched upon a branch and sang a

Art Equals Human—Not Anymore

When I was a young lad of 11, I was fascinated with computers, or what little there was of them at the time.

Major Retailer to Close Flagship San Francisco Store After Less than a Year

Another major retailer is leaving downtown San Francisco — this time Coco Republic, an Australian furniture store that is leaving the iconic Union Square less than a year after opening a flagship location there. The ongoing retail exodus from San Francisco follows years of worsening crime, drugs, and homelessness, plus a

Snoop Dogg Stands Behind Striking Hollywood Writers Over Studio Pay Disparity: 'That S**t Don't Add Up'

Rapper Snoop Dogg says he is standing behind striking Hollywood writers and their efforts to get a larger share of streaming revenue for their work.