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Sunday Reads: Surf-Cam Bliss, the Stalinist ‘Truman Show’ and Repainting Jordans

When this whole “self-isolation” thing began, I ragged on the sudden popularity of virtual museum tours and the livestreams of once-accessible places. But now, it’s…

In Times Like These, We Could Really Use a Guy Like Sergio Vieira de Mello

The slain U.N. diplomat and subject of a new film on Netflix consistently saw the worst the world had to offer, and yet, he still somehow always made things better

I Tried to Tame My Overgrown Jungle of Nose and Ear Hair With a DIY Wax Kit

But, as it turns out, there wasn’t nearly enough wax to bring these hirsute nostrils and and lobes to their knees

Book Pirates Don’t Think They’re Stealing

In the pandemic age, a fight about e-books tests the limits of free information