The French writer Hervé Le Tellier’s entertaining novel “The Anomaly” (2020) dramatizes the real-life implications of confronting one’s double, even as a cottage industry of recent nonfiction titles such as “How to Be Multiple” by Helena de Bres (with illustrations by her twin sister, Julia) and William Viney’s “Twinkind” explore the cultural, social and philosophical significance…
In the darkest moments of a family tragedy, when the playwright Mona Pirnot couldn’t find the strength to verbalize her feelings to her boyfriend or her therapist, she tried something a little unorthodox: She typed her thoughts into her laptop, and prompted a text-to-speech program to voice them aloud. It was a coping mechanism that…
I was a little nervous at the start of the Usher performance. The field at Super Bowl LVII had been criticized, and the one at this year’s game took out Dre Greenlaw in the first half while he was simply trying to run out onto the field. Fortunately, Usher’s lower extremities held up as he…
Despite being exposed as a deep state psy-ops campaign, the Super Bowl still managed to retain its status as an unofficial American holiday. Which NFL Bros reign supreme? Watt or Kelce? That’s right, after being exposed as a rigged arm of the deep state, the NFL put on a brave face and powered on. The…
I will never be too bougie for a good GOAT conversation. Michael Jordan vs LeBron James, Patrick Mahomes vs. Tom Brady, The Wire vs. Breaking Bad, lemon pepper vs buffalo, give me a beer and I’ll sink my teeth into any of those. On radio row, Hall of Famer and host of the messiest podcast…
Just when you think we are almost out of the conspiratorial business, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sucks us back in. To large swaths of Americans stuck in the NFL’s orbit, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are the NFL’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith, merely existing as a partnership to do to the NFL’s bidding in the…
The Chicago Bears offseason centers around one major question: What to do at quarterback? Should the team draft for need, or trade Justin Fields and select Caleb Williams? Who will be the 2023 NFL Comeback Player of the Year? | Agree to Disagree According to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, the Bears are considering having…
By almost any measure, Khaite, the women’s wear label founded in 2016 by Catherine Holstein, is one of the great recent success stories of American fashion — if not the great success story. The brand has been in existence for less than a decade, but Ms. Holstein has already been twice named designer of the…
Jimmy Garoppolo was an integral part of the San Francisco 49ers’ last run to the Super Bowl where they lost to the same Kansas City Chiefs team. Despite all the hate he receives now (and then, too), there was a time when Jimmy G did nothing but win games for the Niners. Regardless of this,…
It’s frowned upon when N.F.L. players complain to the referees. But at least they don’t urinate on them. The same cannot be said for the competitors in the Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet’s canine football game that takes place in October but does not air until the afternoon of Super Bowl Sunday. The event’s referee, Dan…
