Chani Nicholas doesn’t care for the hulking Alex Katz painting, depicting a trio of suited white men, hanging behind the front desk of the Langham hotel in New York. It reminds her of the patriarchy, she tells me one rainy, starless night in February, as we take the elevator up …
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In an Emma Cline story, by the time the worst happens, you’re grateful for it – anything to break that exquisite tension, anything to get you to the place where you’re facing head-on the world as it burns. If the 28-year-old novelist has a signature, it’s her ability to make …
Read More »Travel Guru Rick Steves Advocates for Sensible Approach to Drug Policy
In the minds of many American small government supporters, Europe is the quintessential nanny state – a place where big government intrudes on personal choices to protect citizens from themselves. But when it comes to regulating cannabis, it’s Europe that values personal responsibility over prohibition. For years, PBS star Rick …
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