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Virginia Woolf.
Virginia Woolf.
How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America
One of the worst maritime disasters in European history took place in 1994. It remains very much in the public eye. On a stormy night on the Baltic Sea, more than 850 people lost their lives when a luxurious ferry sank below the waves. From a mass of material, including official and unofficial reports and survivor testimony, our correspondent has distilled an account of the Estonia’s last moments—part of his continuing coverage for the magazine of anarchy on the high seas.
It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike.
The U.S. president talks through his hardest decisions about America’s role in the world.
I feel like I am stuck in a fight I don’t want to have.
Your future will probably be better than your past.
Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it.
My futile quest to avoid the material that my entire world is made out of
It’s not just a phase.
When the earth drinks in the last of the floodwaters, the places that remain will be different than they were before—turned sacred by overwhelming loss.
Discover the rewards of discussing deep things.
A conversation with Ross Andersen about what he saw in Hiroshima
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
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