Follow An Ode to the Ampersand Adam Gopnik Fri, August 21, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC 7 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Ode to the Ampersand The words of a language are its characters; its grammar shapes their c... See more
The words of a language are its characters; its grammar shapes their community. Punctuation is left to provide the ceremonies of language: joining and divorcing its parts, fine-tuning its relationships, revealing its hidden connections. The period, for in... See more
St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It? If Western civilization were asked, in the terms of the old Reader’s Digestcolumn, to name the Most Unforgettable Character It Ever Met, it would surely answer, with a single, sighing voice: Paul. Not Sir P... See more
Donald Trump’s Triumphal Arch and the Architecture of Autocracy “When asked by a reporter whom the arch would be for, Trump said, “Me.” The latest in the Trumpite series of proposed oversized buildings—the previous one being a ballroom where the East Wing... See more
Published Money makes the world go round,” the cynical old maxim, and Broadway show tune, runs. “Follow the money,” a maxim minted in the film “All the President’s Men,” has become just as familiar. Yet in practice we rarely follow the money far enough to... See more
