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I have been contemplating being an artist. There are plenty of people who say that I am an artist, but I don’t see myself that way — generally speaking, my art is based on making information clearer through  [more...]

This is the kind of story that, more than politics, makes me cry and tremble with sadness: Five ducklings for a new National Zoo exhibit have died after being shipped from California this week and arriving at a Prince  [more...]

As I sat down in the living room just now with a lovely lunch salad of endive, greens, and radicchio, I realized that when my living room is clean and neat, it feels like a lobby. Maybe that’s because I’ve  [more...]