Issue
No. 292
February 15, 2025
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Danielle Sassoon, the Trump-appointed interim U.S. attorney who resigned rather than obey Attorney General Pam Bondi’s order to drop the corruption case against New York City mayor Eric Adams.
“I understand my duty as a prosecutor to mean enforcing the law impartially, and that includes prosecuting a validly returned indictment regardless whether its dismissal would be politically advantageous, to the defendant or to those who appointed me.”
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Eternal Flame
Before “Manic Monday” and all the other Top 5 hits, before they became international rock stars, the Bangles were a scrappy garage…
WEAR
Staud X Wrangler
Blame it on the enduring enthusiasm for Cowboy Carter, but fashion’s embrace of Western-wear shows no sign of slowing…
DRIVE
IMCDb
Few Web sites are more beloved among movie buffs than IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Before it existed, unless you were best…
READ
I Dream of Joni
There are fans of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, and then there is Henry Alford—a journalist, humorist, and now the author…
LISTEN
Staying
Much of Altadena, one of the few Los Angeles neighborhoods where home ownership is even a remote possibility for artists, has been…
CARRY
Bottega Veneta
Did the Valentine’s Day gods fail to deliver? Take matters into your own hands and invest in the newest “It” bag from Bottega Veneta…
READ
Eternal Flame
Before “Manic Monday” and all the other Top 5 hits, before they became international rock stars, the Bangles were a scrappy garage…
WEAR
Staud X Wrangler
Blame it on the enduring enthusiasm for Cowboy Carter, but fashion’s embrace of Western-wear shows no sign of slowing…
DRIVE
IMCDb
Few Web sites are more beloved among movie buffs than IMDb (Internet Movie Database). Before it existed, unless you were best…
READ
I Dream of Joni
There are fans of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, and then there is Henry Alford—a journalist, humorist, and now the author…
LISTEN
Staying
Much of Altadena, one of the few Los Angeles neighborhoods where home ownership is even a remote possibility for artists, has been…
CARRY
Bottega Veneta
Did the Valentine’s Day gods fail to deliver? Take matters into your own hands and invest in the newest “It” bag from Bottega Veneta…
In the Mood for Love A new book collects François Prost’s photographs of Japan’s kitschy “love hotels”
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Cabinet Fever
For a status-craving aristocrat living 500 years ago, few things impressed guests more than a “cabinet of curiosities.” Often a room or rooms rather than a case or cupboard, these “cabinets” were filled with objects rare, beautiful, and bizarre, from Greek statuary to a preserved human baby’s head (complete with lace cap), from gilded nautilus shells to four-faced clocks. The best of them entertained visitors with the familiar, provoked them with the horrific, and even, should the visitor choose to notice, hinted at novel ways of seeing the world. Such rooms paved the way for modern museums. READ ON
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