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Carrying On: Pondering mortality over sweet potatoes

The food grew cold as my family stared quietly at one another around the dinner table.

News

On the Record with George Packer

Two months after President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq, New Yorker staff writer George Packer walked the dusty streets of Baghdad. Two trips and three articles later, Packer has witnessed the evolution of the postwar climate.

Leisure

Earnestness not too important after all

It seems ironic that the titular lesson of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest has been ignored in the play’s new Arena Stage adaptation.

Voices

A traditional Swedish-Japanese Thanksgiving

Being a Japanese-Swedish combo family means American traditions such as Thanksgiving should be meaningless.

Sports

Just hit mute

It has become a sad, yet common occurrence for the NFL that players’ shenanigans between games dominate the news more than their play on the field.

Leisure

The Futureheads, Futureheads

Once upon a time, circa 1966, there were pop rock bands with a fascinating gimmick: one person would sing and then an entirely different person would sing.

Voices

Everything’s better in Japanese

I can’t read that sentence because I do not read, speak or understand Japanese.

News

Sacrifice fly

Baseball’s imminent arrival in D.C. is practically preordained-the mayor and majority of the D.C. Council support it.

Leisure

Street’s Disciple, Nas

Nas has been trying since 1994 to regain the mix of urban grit and brilliant wordplay that made his debut, Illmatic, an instant classic.

News

Georgetown Ukrainians contemplate election

Over 4,800 miles away from a homeland mired in political crisis, Ukrainian students at Georgetown are awaiting the outcome of a struggle over their country’s leadership that may leave them without a unified nation to go home to.