Bill Barr and Donald Trump are trying to torch the "Ancient Constitution" that governed kings
When English kings tried to push for absolute monarchy, they failed. Now Trump and Barr want to do it their way
When English kings tried to push for absolute monarchy, they failed. Now Trump and Barr want to do it their way
Salvage crews raced against time Monday to prevent a second disastrous oil spill off the picture-perfect coastline of Mauritius, with a damaged tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of fuel at risk of splitting apart.
The surge since the signing of the U.S.-Taliban agreement is undermining the Afghan government ahead of negotiations with the militants.
Concept and Organization. It is a contextual and yet spectacular signature building that together with the proposed square creates a new identity and an initiation for further development in Nord-Odal. It is the new living-room for Sand´s inhabitants, the main gathering space with a low threshold for participation. It brings together literature, knowledge, economy, people, tradition, and history under one single roof. A holistic space with several functions that enhances a feeling of ownership for its users. Читать дальше...
Free Pick Howard Barish’s Horse Racing Betting Tips | Howard Barish offers a free pick from today’s horse racing card for Colonial Downs.
VP of development has a brainstorm for saving $40,000 a year: just move a production system to a development machine, reports a pilot fish on the scene.
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From the heavy machinery of the industrial revolution to the computer age of digitization and, recently, the rapid advances in artificial intelligence, technological advances often raise the spectre of job losses. But experts believe that as well as replacing jobs, AI systems are set to augment human efforts, improving efficiency and reducing the burden of more arduous tasks that can be offloaded to intelligent algorithms.
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Shouts & Murmurs by Anthony Lane: “O, that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek! (Pause) Not literally.”
Poetry by Terrance Hayes: “The tree frog overcomes its fear of birds by singing.”
The story of an extramarital affair undergoes a stealthy reversal when the homewrecker becomes part of the family, Alexandra Schwartz writes.
Anna Russell on the Sussex farmhouse with connections to Virginia Woolf’s family that turned into a pilgrimage place.
Poetry by Traci Brimhall: “Leaving is a lesson of / pleasure.”
The listing for the yellow clapboard house in Park Slope sounded too good to be true, and it was: the landlord turned out to be the Mayor of New York City, reports Tyler Foggatt.
A 911 call alerted cops in Woodhaven, Queens, to vandals preparing to deface a plaque to Fred Trump in a supermarket parking lot. One of them worked for Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, reports Phil Campbell.
Deborah Treisman interviews the author Madhuri Vijay about “You Are My Dear Friend,” her story from the August 17, 2020, issue of The New Yorker.
Raffi Khatchadourian on how vials of frozen, genetically engineered rodent sperm, raced to a remote lab in Maine, produced a breed of critters that could help scientists find a treatment or a vaccine.
In the composer’s masterly songs, the solemn and the sensual collide, Alex Ross writes.
Fiction by Madhuri Vijay: “Each morning, she lay in bed, worrying about the things the girl was going to do and say that day.”
New cartoons from the magazine.
“The Beauty in Breaking,” “Desert Notebooks,” “Heaven and Earth,” and “Love After Love.”
Françoise Mouly interviews the artist Wayne Thiebaud about his cover for the August 17, 2020, issue of The New Yorker.
Jon Lee Anderson on how a summer spent tracking elusive animals in Alaska led to a lifetime on the road.
Peter Hessler on teaching and learning in Sichuan during the pandemic.