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4 Pop Culture Themes I Could Do Without

Pauline Millard | Posted 05.22.2012

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Pauline Millard

In one of the last episodes of The Sopranos, Tony said, "'Remember When' is the lowest form of conversation." With that in mind, perhaps it's also the lowest form of design and culture -- and it's time to move on.

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A Compilation Of The Most Irritating Words/Phrases Ever

nytimes.com | RACHEL NOLAN | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Irritating Phrases, New York Times, Pet Peeves, Kurt Anderson, Words We Don't Say, Annoying Words, Irritating Words, New York Times Magazine, Books News

The Times magazine staff enjoyed readers' response to our post about Kurt Andersen's "Words We Don't Say" so much that we posted an unabridged list of...

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Stephen Colbert And Others Celebrate To Kill A Mockingbird's 50th Anniversary

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Alex Vadukul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Oskar Eustis, Symphony Space, Kurt Anderson, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee, McDonagh Murphy, New York News

Last night New Yorkers celebrated the 50th anniversary of a singular piece of American literature, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel that...

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George Lois: His Formula, Revealed

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muhammad Ali, Adam Moss, Women's Magazines, Martin Scorsese, George Lois: The Esquire Covers, Esquire, Assouline, George Lois, Sequoia, Andrea Chalupa, Harold Hayes, Harold T. P. Hayes, Sonny Liston, Laguardia, Spy, Andy Warhol, Vogue, Ace Hotel, Kurt Anderson, Vietnam War, Graydon Carter, Luke Lois, Media News
Andrea Chalupa

Many significant artists and great media minds today worship at the Church of George Lois, the legendary art director who captured the turbulent 1960s...

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What is Work? America Re-Imagined at Pop Tech (Day 1)

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, John Fetterman, Kurt Anderson, Poptech, Braddock Pennsylvania, Innovation, Predictably Irrational, Dan Ariely, Economics, Social Networking, Social Entrepreneurship, Home News
Sharon Glassman

While many of us believe that more money is a motivator, it's actually a stressor that inhibits performance.

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Donald Trump Rips Kurt Anderson: "Third-Rate Writer"

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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After reading the insult, Trump bristled to Page Six: "Kurt Andersen has always been a third-rate writer and an unsuccessful one at that. Actually, I'...

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Dim, Doom, Downtown: Tom Wolfe, The New York Times and the End of New York City?

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Kurt Anderson, Holly Peterson, The New York Observer, Economy, The New York Times, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Quick -- you're a journalist who needs to describe the culture of our imploding Wall Street to a largely lay audience. What are you going to do? Reach...

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