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Photo by Claire Carusillo.
June 12, 2026
Our shop is in an old service station in a charming alpine town nestled within Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. Here’s the oomph of it: Avery, the only person who works here besides Galen and me, sells coffee in a waiting room we’ve converted into a bar. In the first garage ...
Courtesy of The Jonestown Institute at San Diego State University, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the outset there seemed to be little my...
Courtesy of Max Callimanopulos.
The first one thousand fans through the gates of the Aqueduct Racetrack on the last Sunday of June received a commemorative vial of track dirt. I arrived too late to claim mine, but I spotted several as I walked out to the grandstand. A few old men clutched them tightly while watching the races. Others used...
Courtesy of Ottessa Moshfegh.
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Still from UNBROKEN: The Untold Story of Shen Yun. © 2026 Sincere Films, courtesy of Paulio Shakespeare and NTD.
There’s this old joke from the Cold War. An American is on a flight next to someone from the USSR; they strike up a friendly conversation. The American says: “I’m really impressed by your country’s propaganda. ...