The Historic American Bars That Have Seen It All As the country lurches toward 250, the most authentic place to raise a glass isn't a museum—it's a barstool that has outlasted three wars, Prohibition and a pandemic. By Paul Jebara
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Four Jumpers Who Flop: Hornby’s Latest Falls Flat A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby. Riverhead, 333 pages, $24.95. Suicide is one of those societal ills everyone feels By Suzy Hansen