Poem: Remembering the Night I Dreamed Paul Klee Married the Sky

A painter who loved mystical colors blurring, earth to sky, might have liked a vividly descriptive poem which holds a long-ago moment as a hinge for everything to come.

Do You Have a Living Relative Who Served in World War II? Help Us Tell Their Story

If a relative or friend of yours served, help us get in touch with them. Or, if you served during World War II, tell us about your experience directly.

Tip

How to Build a Moat

Anticipate sedimentation. Keep the water fresh. Cut any trees by the edge yearly.

The 1619 Project, Live at the Smithsonian

Watch a conversation about how history is defined — and redefined — featuring historians, journalists and policymakers.

Letter of Recommendation

Letter of Recommendation: Show Caves

Want to encounter the sublime beneath the surface of the earth? That’ll be $21.95.

Talk

How Thom Yorke Learned to Stop Worrying and (Mostly) Love Rock Stardom

“It has been good for me getting out of the bubble and understanding how, for some people, the work that I’ve done is important.”

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In One Afghan District, the Same Promises of Victory, 32 Years Apart

A Times reporter visits Baghlan Province, where, three decades ago, a Russian journalist documented the same assurances of peace offered to local residents by foreign commanders.

7 Combat Deployments in 6 Years, Then a Bullet Nearly Killed Him

Jeffery Dawson wasn’t supposed to be on the mission that nearly killed him, but the Army’s failure to recruit enough bomb-disposal technicians for his unit meant there was no one else to go.

Studies Show

Why Isn’t There a Diet That Works for Everyone?

Obesity is a population-size crisis in Western countries — but it’s a problem that may resist population-wide solutions.

Poem: Songs and Stones

This poem's haunted contradictions feel familiar as cadences of the everyday, yet more bearable.