Oliver Sacks’ Heart-wrenching Goodbye

from The New York Times Oliver Sacks: My Periodic Table By OLIVER SACKS Aidan Koch I LOOK forward eagerly, almost greedily, to the weekly arrival of journals like Nature and Science, and turn at once to articles on the physical sciences — not, as perhaps I should, to...

Suicide By Shakespeare

from The Wall Street Journal The Suicide of the Liberal Arts Indoctrinating students isn’t the same as teaching them. Homer and Shakespeare have much to tell us about how to think and how to live. By John Agresto ‘Achilles Slays Hector,’ by Peter Paul Rubens, circa...

Remington Steele Instagrams The Art Market

from artnet news Are Pierce Brosnan and High-Profile Collectors Really Using Instagram to Buy Art? by Cait Munro Photo: Instagram/@piercebrosnanofficial. The New York Times has finally caught on to a little trend we discovered almost two years ago: collectors—many of...

Ernest Ranglin Rips It Up

from The Seattle Times Reggae giant Ernest Ranglin plays rare Seattle gig | Concert review By Charles R. Cross Guitarist Ernest Ranglin, one of the founders of ska and reggae guitar style, gave a rare performance in Seattle Saturday, Aug. 1. If ever there was a “once...

Mr. Lear Speaks His Mind

from Entertainment Weekly TV legend Norman Lear gives 6 strong opinions about American life by James Hibberd • @JamesHibberd (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) Legendary TV producer Norman Lear stopped by the Televisison Critics Association’s press tour in Beverly...

Ingress All Around

from Campaign Asia-Pacific The digital story that surrounds you right now: Ingress by Lars Cosh-Ishii In our current Innovation Issue, we listed augmented reality gaming, and specifically Ingress, as an area with the potential to change the way brands approach their...