The sad decline of painting
Pick up a paintbrush in a state-funded art school these days and you’ll be shown the door
Life
Tuesday
Wednesday
How Palm Beach became Wall Street South
No fewer than 250 financial firms have relocated here in the years since the pandemic
The importance of the Band-Aid
The graduation from boo-boo kisses to Band-Aids is one of the most underappreciated milestones in a child’s development
The dog that haunts Russ Benzin
Skipper was hyperalert, Russ vigilant but pensive
Why are Europeans so untroubled by their ignorance of America?
Romano Prodi charges Trump with having broken the rules of international diplomacy
The joy of French school lunches
I can’t wait to hear about what my grandchildren had for le déjeuner
The beauty and complexity of salmon
It is always welcome at the table, both in material and topical form
The Sazerac: an old favorite… from New Orleans
Mixed with rye or cognac – or both – the Sazerac cocktail remains a classic
Is Alsatian wine primarily French or German?
It is said that Alsace is the sunniest spot in all of winemaking Europe
Wednesday
Harry Sisson and trial by TikTok
The Gen Z Democratic influencer is under fire for dating multiple women at once
Thursday
Trump’s security, dress codes and airport romance in Palm Beach
With Trump spending so much time Mar-a-Lago, there are good spin-offs and not-so-good spin-offs
Asteroid 2024 YR4 and the geekoisie
I went on a weeklong comets-and-asteroids-destroy-our-world binge
Why I won’t date younger women
I may be thirty-six on the inside, but on the outside I definitely look seventy
Taking the fast train back to imperialism
Laos is now an economic vassal of China, a protectorate, or feudal satellite firmly in Beijing’s orbit
Breakfasts, massages and reinvigorating Swiss thermal waters
My father would have loved this new spa life. I’m not sure about my mother. But I did
The Karoo has seen so much, but changed so little
From the Khoisan to springbok herds to British soldiers, many have passed without leaving a mark
Baseball may be trapped in a two-party system
The sport braces for another Dodgers-Yankees scrum, a duopoly less about parity than power
Why German-origin Americans keep quiet about their culinary contributions
The influence on food is so widespread, and has fused so successfully with American culture, that one might forget it is there
The excellent wine of Mount Ventoux
Fortunately for us wine drinkers, the Benedictine monks who have been planting grapes on the slopes for centuries were not sissies
Friday
Are we still doing phrasing?
In our irony-sodden age, children may be the last reminder that words mean something
