by | Apr 28, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from Vanity Fair “SHOTS FIRED. HILTON HOTEL”: HOW CNN’S RAW, UNFOLDING REAGAN COVERAGE HERALDED THE NONSTOP NEWS CYCLE Ted Turner’s upstart cable network beat the Big Three in reporting on the 1981 assassination attempt, though it—along with its broadcast rivals—made...
by | Apr 27, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from The New York Post France limits sales of nicotine products after fewer smokers catch coronavirus By Laura Italiano picture alliance via Getty Images Fearing a run on nicotine gum and patches, France has banned the online sale of the products — a move spurred by...
by | Apr 26, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The Guardian Stoicism in a time of pandemic: how Marcus Aurelius can help by Donald Robertson A bust of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Photograph: DEA/G DAagli Orti/De Agostini via Getty Images The Meditations, by a Roman emperor who died in a plague named after him,...
by | Apr 24, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from DNYUZ The Nude Selfie Is Now High Art It has become an act of resilience in isolation, a way to seduce without touch. Frida Kahlo’s “The Broken Column,” a self portrait. / Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights...
by | Apr 22, 2020 | Culture Music Art
from TIME Magazine Don’t Feel Bad If Your Kids Are Gaming More Than Ever. In Fact, Why Not Join Them? BY SEAN GREGORY I’ve been thinking an awful lot about the 1989 Detroit Pistons over the past few days. Rick Mahorn, the starting power forward, can’t make...
