This week’s @TheTLS , featuring Ferdinand Mount on fair play; @ScurrRuth on Janet Malcolm; @sophieolive on Mina Loy; @mjohnharrison on László Krasznahorkai; @pratinavanil on Nehru; @jamesamarcus on Melville and Mumford; @eliza_dearnley on pagan goddesses – and more.
Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives.
What FTX customers lost may not impoverish them, but they were still cheated.
What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.
Amid a murder crisis in America, community-based solutions have received a flood of funding. How effective are they?
How a visionary medieval nun became a towering figure in early musical history.
As occupied territories are liberated, some residents face accusations that they sided with the enemy.
The artist discusses seeking inspiration from her surroundings and experiencing new ways of living.
Apollo Magazine – February 2023:
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Barron’s Magazine – January 30, 2023 issue:
The country’s stocks are up 50% since officials rolled back Covid-19 restrictions. Alibaba, Yum China, and other names stand to gain.
The final installment of this year’s Barron’s Roundtable highlights Deere, Salesforce.com, and other undervalued stocks. Plus, a bevy of bond picks for a rising-rate world.
The home-improvement retailer is more sheltered from a weakening housing market than you might think. Its stock looks like a buy.
There are still reasons to be bullish on the long-term trend of digital transformation. What to watch in the coming week.
The New York Times Book Review – January 29, 2023:
“Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Ilyon Woo, relates the daring escape from bondage in Georgia to freedom in the North by an enslaved couple disguised as a wealthy planter and his property.
In “The Wandering Mind,” the historian Jamie Kreiner shows that the struggle to focus is not just a digital-age blight but afflicted even those who spent their lives in seclusion and prayer.
In Deepti Kapoor’s cinematic novel, a young man from the provinces falls in with a powerful crime syndicate.
The New York Times Magazine – January 29, 2023 issue:
Now that college players are allowed to cut sponsorship deals, some of them are raking in the money — but at what cost to the rest?
In a time of strained capacity, the “hospital at home” movement is figuring out how to create an inpatient level of care anywhere.
Leery of Russian aggression, Europe’s economic giant is making a historic attempt to revitalize its armed forces. It has a long way to go.
Big outbreak at a Spanish farm reignites fears of an H5N1 influenza pandemic
Plans to drown orchards and farm fields to boost groundwater supplies get off to a slow start
Highlights from the Science family of journals
The struggle to reinvent a firm trapped by its own mythology
But Xi Jinping is unlikely to change
It is easier to run than America’s Abrams—and in plentiful supply in Europe
It’s unacceptable that millions living in poverty still lack access to safe water and basic sanitation. Nature Water will help researchers to find a way forward.
Repeating bursts of X-rays lead scientists to a black hole that eats in spurts.
At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.
