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Open Book
In Search of Lost Whimsy In a new coffee-table book, the eccentric Italian artist and designer Gaetano Pesce looks back on his life and career, and reflects on his longtime enemy: coherence
Travel Advisory
Trump to World: Get Lost From sky-high visa fees to social-media vetting, Trump’s draconian travel rules have tourists giving the U.S. a wide berth
Eight Questions
The G-Man Writes Again Former F.B.I. director James Comey on working for George W. Bush and Barack Obama; advice for the current director, Kash Patel; and the art of his second act: writing thrillers
Modern Times
Amateur Hour An unexpected side effect of house music’s stratospheric rise? Everyone and their mother thinks that they, too, can be a D.J.
Landing Gear
An Idea with Legs Prepare for fall with an Adirondack chair that heats up! Noodle on a slew of positively medieval instruments! A Web site to help you learn the Romance languages! And more …
Hell on Wheels
Wild Ride Tesla used to be the car of choice for virtue-signaling Democrats. Now, as liberals all over the world are unloading their “Swasticars,” will the Fox News set fill the void?
Publish and Perish
Surprise Ending When former Simon & Schuster C.E.O. Richard Snyder died last week, he left two things in his wake: a legacy as a difficult but revolutionary publisher, and a fourth wife who wanted it all
Close-up
Owen Teague The young star of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes discusses acting with C.G.I. and making it in Hollywood
Landing Gear
The Nice List AIR MAIL’s tech-and-gadget czar reviews hundreds of devices, contraptions, and gizmos each year. For the sake of simplifying your holiday shopping, he’s chosen the best ones
