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Judge John Hodgman on Toddlers at Parties
How much should we mitigate our young ones at social gatherings?
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What ‘The Crown’ Teaches Us About Power and How to Wield It
The final six episodes of “The Crown”were released this week, bringing Peter Morgan’s engrossing saga of the Windsors — bookended…
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Supreme Contempt for Women
The Irish expect the worst to happen at any moment. And they have what my colleague Dan Barry calls “a…
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How to Make Canapés Like a Professional Chef
The French chef Yann Nury wants you to remember that the winter holidays will be over soon. Roasts will be…
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I Live in California. What Do I Owe Climate-Denying Kentuckians?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the duty citizens have to support one another, even across political divides.
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Defeating Trump Is Just a Start
The easy and obvious way to understand the various Republican power grabs underway in states across the country is to…
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To Support Ukraine, Persuade the Elephant
I think quite a lot about persuasion. What is it, exactly, that moves a person from one position to another?…
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The Truth in ‘American Fiction’
In my nearly three decades as an editor, author and former editor of The New York Times Book Review, a…
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America’s Thirst for Authoritarianism
Around the world, authoritarianism is ascendant and democracy is in decline. A 2022 report from the International Institute for Democracy…
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How Can I Stop My In-Laws From Making Impromptu Visits?
Now that her children’s grandparents have a second home just a few minutes away, a reader finds herself struggling to…