Opinion
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Jack Anderson, Longtime Dance Critic for The Times, Dies at 88
He brought an all-embracing enthusiasm to about 4,000 articles for The New York Times on modern dance, tap, ballet and…
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Who Collects Nazi Memorabilia?
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Betsy Rawls, Winner of Eight Golf Majors, Dies at 95
She won four Women’s opens and a total of 55 L.P.G.A. Tour events between 1951 and 1972. Her strong suit…
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The Worst Scandal in American Higher Education Isn’t in the Ivy League
Those of us who write about higher education can pay too much attention to America’s elite universities. Schools like Harvard,…
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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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A Different Border Crisis Mirrors What’s Happening in the U.S.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic together make up the island of Hispaniola. These countries are linked by histories of colonialism,…
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What Most American Schools Do Wrong
Which country has the best education system? Since 2000, every three years, 15-year-olds in dozens of countries have taken the…
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A Brief History of a Problematic Appetizer
Americans didn’t always have an appetite for squid. As recently as 1970, U.S. fishermen caught squid mostly by mistake, and…
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Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93
“I knew at some point in time the patent office would recognize” computer software, he said. It happened in 1968,…
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The Path to Reducing Pedestrian Deaths Is Steep but Straight
Last year, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association, more than 7,500 pedestrians were killed while walking on U.S. roadways.…