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Robert Silvers was our greatest editor
Robert Silvers died this week but his New York Review of Books brought me years of pleasure…
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Found Object
Warrior-gymnasts in Tonkin, Vietnam, 1909
French overlords in colonial-era Vietnam make the locals do ridiculous things…
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Travels
Bali ruined, again
A photo I took in Ubud in 1989 shows the changes on Monkey Forest Road…
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The generosity of the Quebec City eulogy
After the massacre at a Quebec City mosque, a lesson in how to defeat hate…
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That is Genius
Tracking the incompetent Trump cabinet
Bush's team bungled Hurricane Katrina but they were professionals compared to Trump's gang…