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Democrats Are Not Done Fighting About What Saved Them This Year
In the Democratic Party, despite its better-than-expected showing in the 2022 midterm elections, internecine combat has been playing out in…
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When a Racist Joke Does Not Merit Cancellation
There would seem to be a sincere commitment across America these days to try to listen to one another across…
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China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Obsession Is Gone, but the Trauma Lingers
SHANGHAI — For nearly three years, leaving my apartment involved a routine not unlike an aircraft pilot’s before takeoff. Mask:…
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One City Is Trying a New Approach to Stem Gun Violence
Recent mass shootings have spurred renewed calls from President Biden for a national assault weapons ban. Sensibly so. But for…
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Broad, Sunlit Uplands
On June 18, 1940, Churchill delivered his celebrated “Finest Hour” speech. The British Army had been evacuated from Dunkirk. France,…
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Happy Holidays. Now Get Back to Work.
Christmas will be on a Sunday this year. Will American workers miss out on one of the few paid holidays…
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Human This Christmas
Everyone in my professional life — fellow faculty members, other writers — is up in arms about ChatGPT, the new…
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Stanley Drucker, Ageless Clarinetist of the N.Y. Philharmonic, Dies at 93
He played in the orchestra for 60 years, performing under the baton of five music directors. He personified the orchestra’s…
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Kim Simmonds, a Key Figure in the British Blues Movement, Dies at 75
His band, Savoy Brown, never had a hit single, but it showcased his skills as a guitarist and songwriter and…
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How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back
A ceremony in Nigeria on Tuesday was the culmination of a yearslong process that upended Germany’s approach to museum items…