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06/10/2019

Kpop

Taking Kpop Seriously

by Jonathan M S Davis

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04/23/2018

Our HGTV Moment

Renovating our homes, but not ourselves (thank goodness)

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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08/29/2016

The Eating Out Habit

Why do we eat out so much? For the answer, look to college.

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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02/11/2016

Clash or Credit

Cashing in on counterculture

by Josh White

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02/18/2015

Deep Discounts

Red Grooms' kooky transcendence defines, and solves, the problem with Pop Art.

by Morgan Meis

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01/20/2011

Movin’ on Down

The myth of the tiny house movement.

by Greg Beato

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10/05/2010

Phantom of the Fair

A dispatch from the Shanghai World Expo.

by Scott Gabriel Knowles

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03/05/2010

A Matter of Convenience

Is there anything Americans won't put in their mouths?

by Meg Favreau

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11/20/2008

Fruit-Forward and Fungus

On truffles, wine, and the color purple.

by Jason Wilson

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09/02/2008

Boob Tube

Who needs a 50-inch TV? Nobody. Who bought one? My husband.

by Paula Marantz Cohen

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