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This. This is it. Teju Cole on the Charlie Hebdo
This. This is it. Teju Cole on the Charlie Hebdo murders... But it is possible to defend the right to obscene and racist speech without promoting o...

I should like to take a picture of these officers faces. Those
I should like to take a picture of these officers faces. Those who refuse to obey their superiors orders. Those who, instead of wanting the focus of ...

Oh the irony. The NYPDs work stoppage --born out of their
Oh the irony. The NYPDs work stoppage --born out of their foot-stomping rage at Mayor DeBlasio for saying he worries, as a father, about his black son...

Stunning review of Charlie DAmbrosios Loitering by Phillip Lopate
Stunning review of Charlie DAmbrosios Loitering by Phillip Lopate in The New York Times Book Review. I am dancing. Ebullient. Tin House could not be m...

David Foster Wallace, sigh, on depression. “The so-called
David Foster Wallace, sigh, on depression. “The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of qu...

I am still baffled by those people who express surprise when
I am still baffled by those people who express surprise when someone funny kills them self. The idea that their joyful entertainment is a mirror of th...

In depression this faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration,
In depression this faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the ...