The Piano Matters
History’s greatest composers wrote for their pianos, and a new Slate article by Jan Swafford argues that only an old piano can play Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata as Beethoven intended it. Read More »
Gender and Fender Benders
We’re coming to the end of a series on whether the man or the woman is more likely to take the wheel when a couple is in the car. Eric Morris argues that whether the man or woman is more likely to drive is literally a question of life and death. Read More »
Quotes Uncovered: Sacred Cows and Misbehaving Children
Each week, I’ve been inviting readers to submit quotations whose origins they want me to try to trace, using my book, The Yale Book of Quotations, and my more recent research. Here is the latest round. Read More »
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