In the 1970suna game, jeans weren’t considered presidential. Former President Gerald R. Ford, a square-jawed Republican, wore stocky suits, and while it’s possible that Lyndon Johnson or John F. Kennedy wore denim in the Oval Office, there is no rec
In an otherwise nondescript office in downtown Charlottesville, Va., a small leather chest sits atop a filing cabinet. Within it lies a combination lock, unopened for more than 50 years. The man who set it is dead. On its own, the lock is unremarkab
Twelve inches of fresh powder had just fallen at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, Alaska, when I arrived for my first day of skiing last February. Snow packed the slumping branches of towering pines and frosted the beards of draping moss. From the cha
It’s no secret that Yellowstone National Park can be jampacked in the summer, when up to one million people jockey for space each July. But February typically draws fewer than 50,000 visitors. That makes winter the best time to beat the crowds, as w
It is never a good idea to pause between a 194-degree sauna and the mind-bending frigidity of Lake Superior in February. As sweat cools on skin, the rational mind kicks in. Why submit the body to such unrelenting shock, it asks. I know this voice we
Until she was in her mid-30swingo, Xanthia Walker rarely went to the doctor, even when she needed care. She didn’t want to step on the scale. When she did go in — to treat sciatic nerve pain or get antibiotics — somehow the conversation always turne
For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist whom President-elect Donald J. Trump will nominate to serve as the secretary of health and human services, the solution to obesity in America — now at 40 percent of adults — is straightforward: “The first line
Marisa Paredes, an award-winning actress who was considered one of the great divas of Spanish film, gaining international acclaim for her work with the renowned director Pedro Almodóvardct casino, died on Tuesday in Madrid. She was 78. Her death was
When Chappell Roan accepted her MTV Video Music Award for best new artist in Septemberbspin, she had a message for “all the queer kids in the Midwest watching right now.” “I see you, I understand you because I’m one of you, and don’t ever let anyone