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Portland’s ‘War Zone’ Is Like Burning Man for the Terminally Online

By Isaac Stanley-Becker

There’s more absurdity than menace on the city’s streets—at least for now.

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The Reason Not to Boycott Israeli Films

By Gershom Gorenberg

Cinema is a vital source of artistic dissent in a country at war.

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My Life in Ambigrammia

By Douglas Hofstadter

The esoteric art form that revealed a new kind of beauty to me

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Photos of the Week: Polar Bears, Sports Fans, Water Forest

By Alan Taylor

A golfing cholita in Bolivia, a 90-minute “space out” competition in Japan, a torchlight procession in Spain, a wildfire in Namibia, soapbox racing in Colombia, and much more

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The Truth About Amelia Earhart

By Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Conspiracy theories about her disappearance do a disservice to the pilot’s remarkable, flawed legacy.

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