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How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?
From ancient Rome to the era of A.I., people have prized originality, but the line where influence ends and cribbing begins is notoriously blurry. Source link
New York’s Finest Sandwich
The alchemy of any given sandwich is both specific and forgiving. Its stacked ingredients merge and mingle—you can swap out this or that, as long as whatever replaces it...
My Parents Were Both Dying. Then I Found Out I Had Cancer
Everything took on a sickening poignancy: the boisterous din at our Saturday brunch place where, just a week before, my girlfriends and I had scrolled through the latest celebrity...
Julio Torres Makes Everything Funny—Including Color Theory
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An Elegy for the Kennedy Center
Tempting as it is to blame Trump for the Kennedy Center’s fate, he does not bear sole responsibility. The idea of a national arts center was always more of...
“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography
When Blume started writing, the market category of young-adult (as opposed to children’s) literature was defined by politically motivated novels that took up social issues, such as drugs and...
In the Age of A.I., What Is Taste? And Do We Still Have It?
With artificial intelligence continuing to dominate corporate strategies and news headlines, Silicon Valley has embraced a new buzzword, one that may feel too close to home for those already...
Were the 2026 Oscars a Swan Song for Warner Bros.?
The couple got into a Warner Bros.-issued Suburban. “Larry, do you have my speech?” Carter called out. (It would remain unread; she lost to Kate Hawley, for “Frankenstein.”) Her...
As Movies Adapt to the Times, the Oscars Can Only Look On
In Hollywood, and at the Oscars, “hope” is a very big word. Chloé Zhao used it in her recorded introduction to a clip from her film “Hamnet,” and Conan...
Noma’s Food Is Art. Its Head Chef and Co-Owner Is a Problem
People love to scoff at this sort of high-concept culinary stuff. What’s served at Noma is “food” in the way that couture is clothing–a basic human need spun so...
