Consultants Boost College Applications. Is It Wrong to Use One for My Child?
The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the kinds of extracurricular support parents owe their college-bound children.
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A Tasting Room for Black Currant Liquor in Upstate New York
Plus: a new seasonal restaurant in Brooklyn, a Marisol retrospective — and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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A Silvery, Shimmering Summer of Beyoncé
The Renaissance tour is a blueprint for how to cultivate pleasure and hold onto it at all costs.
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Poem: What if We Call This Tenderness
Sampson Starkweather’s “What if We Call This Tenderness” is a poem that overlays love onto a previously loveless surface of the world. The ardent and persistent calls of a collection agency are notoriously unlikely to be resolved by poetry, but …
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Judge John Hodgman on Naming Children After Pets
Alicia writes: My wife and I were discussing names for our daughter, and I suggested Sadie — the name of my childhood dog. My wife vetoed it. She thinks you shouldn’t name children after pets. I disagree. Who’s right? There’s a simple rule for …
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How Chelsea Became the Unlikely Center of the Arka World
The art business took over a neighborhood on the Far West Side of Manhattan previously known as Gasoline Alley. Then the city turned the area into a ‘monument to real estate developers.’
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How to Start a Gallery
The art business can be unpredictable, especially in New York. We asked several art dealers how they stay afloat — and how much it costs to do so.
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Want to Eat Less Meat? Try Something Sour.
Chickpeas and plantains get a piquant punch with a vinegar-rich escabeche.
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How Benjamin Netanyahu Pushed Israel Into Chaos
Flanked by two bickering ministers, Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to shrivel in his seat. It was late July in the Knesset, the last week before the summer recess, but there was no anticipatory buzz in the air. While lawmakers were preparing to vote …
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Where the Artists Are Present — and in Charge
Galleries owned and operated by artists have a rich history in New York as an alternative to the mainstream. They are now as important as ever.
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