Opinion
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There’s Not Just One Way to Be Japanese
I grew up in Japan, and as a kid, more than anything, I longed to be like everyone around me.…
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Carlos Lyra, Composer Who Brought Finesse to Bossa Nova, Dies at 90
When Brazilian musicians fused samba with jazz and classical influences in the 1950s and ’60s, he was among the first,…
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Giovanni Anselmo, a Leader of the Arte Povera Movement, Dies at 89
An artist of many mediums, he used a vast array of materials, including stone, paint, piles of earth and even…
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The Supreme Court’s Big Trump Test Is Here
A generation after the Supreme Court stepped into a disputed presidential election, America is experiencing a creeping sense of déjà…
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How Two Election Workers Bankrupted Rudy Giuliani
No sooner did a jury deliver a nearly $150 million defamation judgment against the former New York City mayor Rudy…
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The Anti-Democratic Quest to Save Democracy From Trump
Let’s consider a counterfactual. In the autumn of 2016, with American liberalism reeling from the election of Donald Trump, a…
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The Church, Living in Christmas Past
My mom loved Christmas so much, she would sometimes leave the tree up until April. She dyed a sheet blue…
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It’s Christmas, and England’s Priests Have Had Enough
On a blustery December morning, the Rev. Nicky Skipworth is leading her congregation in prayer. But the word of God…
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God, Christmas and Miracles: A Conversation
This is the latest in my occasional series of conversations about Christianity, aimed at bridging America’s God gulf. Previously, I’ve…
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The Best Movie About Israel and Gaza Now Came Out 18 Years Ago
Watching movies is what I do — for decades as a film critic and for even longer than that, before…