05/06/2019
time machine: 06 May
05/06/2015
The Lost Frontier
How fantasy is killing the space opera
by Michael Lind
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05/06/2015
The Poetry Election, Bradbury, Sendak,
and Sun Ra
by Richard Abowitz
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05/06/2013
Ask America
Why are we so obsessed with advice columns? We just want to become the best version of ourselves that it is possible to be.
by Michal Lemberger
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on walking
September 15, 2014
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Are cars turning human beings into quadrupeds? Or is there room for walking after all?
August 22, 2014
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In need of a burst of creativity? Go for a walk.
June 23, 2014
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How to overcome the argument that walking is too slow.
and the living’s easy
August 2, 2010
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Bathing suits. Bah! Humbug!
April 25, 2008
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The disappointment of going to the seaside on the cusp of summer.
August 6, 2007
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Why "Umbrella" is one (and "Zombie" wasn't).