Can Democrats Seize the Anti-Interventionist Vote?
The party has a chance to win back disaffected voters. But realignment is “messy.”
Dana White says it’s an ‘honor’ to build a fight arena on the White House lawn
NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, about his plans to build a fighting arena on the White House lawn.
Why the French Open is named after Roland Garros, who didn’t play tennis
Roland Garros, a WWI-era pilot, is credited with revolutionizing aerial combat. The major Paris tennis tournament was named after him in 1928, a decade after his death in combat.
Travel to Italy and Algeria in these two brilliant, translated mysteries
The End of the Sahara is a kaleidoscopic murder mystery by the Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi. An Enigma by the Sea is a witty, socially astute novel set along well-to-do Tuscan coast.
If you attend a David Sedaris reading, you’re helping him edit
Sedaris says the best part of reading his work to an audience is earning the laughs — or the groans. “A collective groan is fine with me,” he says. His new book is The Land and Its People.