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The Soothing Futility of Picking Up Beach Trash
From spring until late fall, when winter weather drives me indoors to the treadmill, I spend 20 minutes each morning…
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‘While He Waited, He Turned His Gaze in Our Direction’
An encounter with André Watts, a holiday invitation from a cabby and more reader tales of New York City in…
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Why Jews Cannot Stop Shaking Right Now
There is a reason so many Jews cannot stop shaking right now. The concept of intergenerational trauma doesn’t begin to…
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Growing Old, for Better or Worse
Readers, including a 101-year-old woman, react to a guest essay by Roger Rosenblatt about the challenges of aging.
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Why We Should Fear China More Than Middle Eastern War
On Thursday, Joe Biden gave a speech linking the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Russian invasion of Ukraine and framing American…
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Ukraine, a Sniper Mission and the Myth of the ‘Good Kill’
A New York Times reporter who is a former Marine has a conversation with a Ukrainian sniper about morality in…
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A Spark That Ignited in a Brooklyn Kitchen and Continued Around the World
When Jirair Ratevosian, a Congressional candidate, and Micheal Ighodaro, an activist and filmmaker, first met, both were so busy with…
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Restaurants Aren’t What They Used to Be (and That’s a Good Thing)
Like so many other chefs, I was drawn to the restaurant business because it is exciting. I ignored its dysfunction…
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Friday Briefing
An address by President Biden.
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Full Transcript: Biden’s Speech on Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine Wars
The president laid out what he characterized as the stakes for democracy as he pleaded with Americans to stand firmly…