Gibbon & Ethiopia
To the Editors: In “The Glories of Aksum” [NYR, October 7], Peter Brown quotes Edward Gibbon’s dictum, in chapter 47 of the Decline and Fall of...
Lost Murals in Hollywood
To the Editors: Here’s some additional information about Paul Revere Williams, whose work Martin Filler discussed in “Hollywood’s Master Builder” [NYR, October 21]. In early April...
Veronese Preserv’d
To the Editors: In my review of Cynthia Saltzman’s Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast [NYR, October 21], which focuses on the looting of Veronese’s The...
Grand Illusion
Persuading people to like something is a trade. Persuading them to change their minds and like something else is a skill. But inducing them to believe...
What Does Israel Fear from This ‘Terrorist’?
In 1978 I returned to Ramallah from my legal studies in London brimming with ideas about the importance of the rule of law and the possibilities...
What are Docker Storage Drivers and Which Should You Use?
Docker storage drivers control how images and containers are stored on your filesystem. They’re the mechanism that lets you create images, start containers, and modify writable...
How to Install Linux on an M1 Mac With Apple Silicon
Native Linux support for Apple’s new ARM-based architecture isn’t yet ready, but you can run Linux on an M1, M1 Pro, or M1 Max using a...
Using Kubernetes Annotations, Labels, and Selectors
Annotations, labels, and selectors are used to manage metadata attached to your Kubernetes objects. Annotations and labels define the data while selectors provide a way to...
Why Windows 11’s Android Apps Are Better Than BlueStacks
One of the most exciting things about Windows 11 is the ability to run Android apps. But why exactly is that exciting? Hasn’t it been possible...
7 Novels About Only Children
The world of children, aburst with animal energy, strikes only children like me as strange and perhaps a bit vulgar. So we observe. Our lack of...
