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Is This the Happiest Photo Ever Made? 21 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The sad destiny of countless great photographs is that, as the decades pass, the pictures are increasingly in danger of losing their ability to stun, shock, inspire, delight. In short, to move us. We’...
Old Gold: When Hollywood’s Leading Men Were Real-Life Grown-Ups 15 Aug 2013 | 02:27 am
A question for the film buffs out there: Is there a genuine, bona fide leading man in the movies today who — on camera and off — looks, sounds and acts like a grown-up? Think before you answer, and co...
In Praise of a Whimsical, Solar-Powered ‘Do-Nothing Machine’ 12 Aug 2013 | 05:57 am
In an age when every discussion of America’s educational system and the country’s status in the world seems to end with all sides proclaiming the joys of utility — Never mind critical thinking. Never ...
Unpublished: Portrait of Marilyn as a Young Actress, 1948 9 Aug 2013 | 03:18 am
A new book by Christopher Andersen, These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack With Jackie, is grabbing headlines not because of it repeats all the hoary old claims of John F. Kennedy’s extramari...
Hipsterless Brooklyn: Vintage Photos From a Vanished World 7 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
Brooklyn is big. If it were its own city, and not part of Gotham, its 2.5 million residents would make up the fourth largest metropolis in the United States. Brooklyn covers almost a hundred square mi...
Figures in a Wasteland: Mother and Child, Hiroshima, 1945 6 Aug 2013 | 06:38 am
“Japanese doctors said that those who had been killed by the blast itself died instantly. But presently, according to these doctors, those who had suffered only small burns found their appetite failin...
LIFE at the Liberation of Paris: A Photographer’s Story 5 Aug 2013 | 04:39 pm
In the long, cruel struggle of World War II, opportunities for jubilation were scarce. But even among the era’s handful of “wish you were there” moments — the American victory in the Battle of Midway,...
Return of the King: When Elvis Left the Army 2 Aug 2013 | 06:43 am
It’s intriguing, and more than a little amusing, to imagine contemporary American music stars serving in the military. How would Kanye West fare in the Air Force? Would Adam Levine cut it in the Army?...
The Concert That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement 2 Aug 2013 | 06:36 am
“A voice like yours is heard only once in a hundred years.” — Arturo Toscanini to the American contralto Marian Anderson Born in Philadelphia in 1897, Marian Anderson’s long life spanned much of the ...
A Savage Season in Mississippi: The Murder of Emmett Till 2 Aug 2013 | 06:10 am
In the summer of 1955, two men, both of them white, abducted a 14-year-old African-American boy named Emmett Till from his great-uncle’s house in Money, Miss. Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam beat Till almos...
