The Spiel Has Become a Scourge
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The other night, at a perfectly nice new downtown restaurant, the server came over to take our order. Even he didn’t lo...
Dade Phelan Tried to Leave a Legacy. He’ll Retire as a Meme.
Chuck Norris, an honorary Texan, has lived long enough and well enough to see himself become a meme, maybe THE meme. Chances are, if you’ve visited the internet in the last twenty years, you’ve be...
Dan Rosen Sees Ghosts in the City’s Coffee Shops
Illustration: Adam Mazur
“I have a no-bad-meals policy,” says comedian and Middlebrow co-host Dan Rosen. “If I’ve had a bad meal, it haunts me for the rest of the day. It’...