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Our Second Thoughts on the American Revolution

As our nation turns 250, our AIR MAIL co-founders argue that maybe a “conscious uncoupling” from Britain would have been wiser

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An Unhealthy Dose of Skepticism How a handful of housewives dedicated to debunking the official account of the J.F.K. assassination unwittingly ushered in the age of the conspiracy theorist


AIR MAIL’s Artisan Set Meet the 15 American artisans keeping their generations-old crafts, from basket-weaving to pottery-making, alive

Latest Issue • July 4, 2026
Issue No. 364
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Born on the Fourth A guide to the brands, traditions, and time-tested essentials that have earned their place in the American canon

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Eyes Wide Shut In his new book, acclaimed film writer David Thomson traces the history of cinema, from Rear Window to Anora—and reveals his greatest unease with the medium

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Naval Gazing Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jack Nicholson … As Fleet Week returns to New York, a look back at the sailors who have stolen our hearts since the 1930s

Murder, They Wrote Three psychological thrillers show how a life in the arts can get more brutal than a U.F.C. match—especially when a love triangle is involved


The AIR MAIL Summer Reading List From Ann Patchett’s tender tale of reconciliation to Jenny Jackson’s juicy seaside romp, here are the 10 books our editors are taking with them on their travels this summer

When Hokusai Met Hiroshige In Tokyo, an exhibition brings together original works by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige, the 19th-century masters who revolutionized the landscape in Japanese woodblock prints

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Guest Edit

Wes Gordon’s Favorite Things The creative director of Carolina Herrera and the man behind the new Mimi bag shares his taste for antique mirrors, Christofle silver, Emporio Sirenuse dinner plates, and a very well-appointed home

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Invisible Woman Daisy Bates was one of the civil-rights era’s most formidable forces. Why is her story not better known?

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