The Human Beat
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America Was Always Great — But We Keep Forgetting What That Means
America was always great — but have we forgotten what made it so? There’s a phrase that’s been rattling around our politics for nearly a decade now, and it rests on a…
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The Good Side of the Island Is Waiting for Us
Here's what I know to be true: We're tired. Bone-tired of the anger. Exhausted from the constant churn of outrage, the daily feed of cruelty, the way hate has become the loudest…
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The Man With the Golden Grift: Trump’s Gilded Obsession and the Villains Who Came Before
There's something about gold that makes certain men lose their minds. Not the quiet appreciation of a wedding band or the historical weight of Fort Knox. I'm talking about the gaudy, ostentatious,…
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Runway Rebellion: Why Fashion Week’s Playing Dress-Up While the Streets Steal the Show
Street style fashion trends are taking over from the catwalks. Darlings, let me tell you what’s happening on the nation’s catwalks right now, and more importantly, what’s *actually* happening on the streets…
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The Rearview Mirror Is Not a Decoration: A Plea for Road Awareness
Road awareness driving is a lost art in America. There I am, Thursday morning, Interstate 95, trying to pass a Subaru Outback doing exactly 63 miles per hour in the left lane.…
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Darlings, the Derby Delivered: Where Juleps Meet Genius and Hats Commit to the Bit
Listen, I’ve survived Paris Fashion Week without air conditioning and the Met Gala stairs in six-inch Louboutins, but *nothing*—and I mean nothing—compares to the glorious chaos of Churchill Downs on the first…