Everything you need to know on what is happening in culture.
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Trump Impeachment Hearings: Alexander Vindman Testifies to the Power of Truth
by John Cassidy on November 19, 2019 at 8:55 pm
John Cassidy on the Republican attacks against Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and the decorated military officer’s testimony in the House impeachment hearings against Donald Trump.
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Small Wins at the Grocery Store
by Jeremy Nguyen on November 19, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Jeremy Nguyen illustrates a humorous comic about small wins at the grocery store.
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The Violent Insights of Bohumil Hrabal
by Becca Rothfeld on November 19, 2019 at 5:49 pm
Becca Rothfeld reviews two new translations of work by the Czech author Bohumil Hrabal: “All My Cats,” translated by Paul Wilson, and “Why I Write,” translated by David Short.
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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, November 19th
by Sara Lautman on November 19, 2019 at 5:33 pm
Sara Lautman’s Daily Cartoon shows a dog named Boomer enjoying the best week of his life during a viral Internet craze.
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What Does “A Warning,” by Anonymous, Really Tell Us?
by Amy Davidson Sorkin on November 19, 2019 at 3:59 pm
Amy Davidson Sorkin reviews the new book “A Warning,” by Anonymous, which serves as a compendium of alarming information about President Donald Trump’s Administration and actions in the Oval Office.
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Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Watch a Live Stream of Testimony by Alexander Vindman, Kurt Volker, and More
by The New Yorker on November 19, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Watch live testimony from the House impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, Jennifer Williams, Kurt Volker, and Tim Morrison.
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Spice Up Your D. & D. Game
by Mike Drucker on November 19, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Mike Drucker devises a satirical list of new character types to freshen up the old tropes that play into the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
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Dirt-Road America
by M. R. O’Connor on November 19, 2019 at 11:00 am
M. R. O’Connor writes about Sam Correro, the creator of the TransAmerica Trail, and the pleasures of navigating what the writer William Least Heat-Moon called “blue highways,” the dirt roads of America.
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The Pope and Catholic Radicals Come Together Against Nuclear Weapons
by Paul Elie on November 19, 2019 at 11:00 am
Paul Elie on civil disobedience and sentencing of the Catholic radicals known as the Kings Bay Plowshares Seven, and on Pope Francis’s anticipated denunciation of nuclear weapons.
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The Airbrushed Racing History of “Ford v Ferrari”
by Richard Brody on November 19, 2019 at 12:10 am
Richard Brody reviews James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari,” starring Christian Bale and Matt Damon, which, though rooted in history, is empty and hollow.