In the Trenches of Ukraine’s Forever War
Russian belligerence has drawn the world’s attention back to the eight-year-old secessionist rebellion in the Donbas region: a deadlocked, time-warped conflict with no end in sight.
By James Verini and
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Good poker players have always known that they need to maintain a balance between bluffing and playing it straight. Now they can do so perfectly.
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Can I Ask My Ex to Delete Those Nude Pics?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to make a delicate request without provocation, and more.
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A Hawaiian specialty cooked the way a local has been making it for 25 years.
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A good grudge is watered down, drinkable and refreshingly effervescent, the low-calorie lager to resentment’s bootleg grain alcohol.
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This poem (in translation) by Wang Yin, a Chinese poet based in Shanghai, aptly captures the slipperiness of time, memory and dreams.
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A couple disagrees on how much a pet should witness.
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