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THIS WEEK

Hockey's Moneypuck Problem

Clichés over quants: as the world of hockey slouches toward sabermetrics, the sport's idiosyncrasies reveal the limits of a statistical revolution.

LAST WEEK

Notes From An IHOP

Revisiting the pancake house's rocky Lower Manhattan debut. A story of belated birthdays, bouncers, and bacon.

BY ANDREW ZOLOT

ALSO RECENTLY

A Necessary Review
of Vogue's April 2012 Issue

Sensory overload in the fashion world.
150 Stills in Motion and a Poem.

BY MARGUERITE IMBERT

Decreasingly impressive sons leave Stamford for Yale and then the abyss.
A story.

BY MATTHEW ROSS FENNELL

A Portrait of the Artist as a Sad Man

Bon Iver was supposed to be the lonely purist in the woods. What does it mean now that he's won a Grammy?

BY JOHN VILANOVA

Asleep at the End of History

A letter from Prague. The lasting impact of Radio Free Europe on Vaclav Havel's spirited city.

BY CHARLIE DAMERON

The Gods In The High Places

An essay with photos.
Wand ering the moonscapes of the Peruvian altiplano.

BY JAMES SCHRECK

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