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Diamonds Are Whatever
Will lab-grown diamonds revolutionize luxury? I spent a sweltering afternoon in Manhattan’s Diamond District to find out—and try on a few massive rings.
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: Your Work Can Outlive You
The poet’s project is to connect with the kind of ancient beauty that has lasted for millennia, and will stay vital long after our own short lives have…
Spencer Klavan
Ancient Wisdom: The World Says ‘Quit,’ But I’m Not Done Yet
For 50 years, I’ve been getting up five mornings a week eager to get to work. At 74, I still feel that way.
Anthony Giardina
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Ballroom
D.C. used to be the city of happy hours in the Marriott Marquis. But now, and I hate to admit it, the capital is becoming fun.
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: Why the Critics Got Billy Joel Wrong
Rock critics have never warmed to Billy Joel. But ask Paul McCartney or Bruce Springsteen and they’ll tell you: He’s one of the greats.
Eli Lake
Suzy Weiss: Are You Enterpained?
Plus: The art world’s ‘state of the union’ address. Stay-at-home motherhood gets a rebrand. And more!
Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss: If Kamala Harris Were President. . .
Plus: A musical that imagines Anne Frank as pansexual and Latinx. No, really.
Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss: I Stand with America’s First Granddaughter
I called up Greg Gutfeld to talk late night, watched a new Gen X divorce show and all of Kai Trump's TikTok, then went to a right-wing gallery opening…
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: ‘Be What You Are’
This week, Joseph Massey reflects on the man who first wrote him: ‘Your life is about to change!’
Joseph Massey
Letters to the Editor: ‘The Elites Were a Disaster’
Plus: How Carney got a Trump bump in Canada, and more.
The Free Press
Things Worth Remembering: America Is an Invention
For centuries, poets, musicians, and painters have crossed the Atlantic with dreams of a New World. George Berkeley was one of them. And so was I.
Dominic Green
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