Opinion
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Terence Davies, 77, Dies; Filmmaker Mined Literature and His Own Life
With a poetic sensibility, “Distant Voices, Still Lives” echoed his Liverpool upbringing, and “The House of Mirth” put Edith Wharton’s…
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Charles Feeney, Who Made a Fortune and Then Gave It Away, Dies at 92
After piling up billions in business, he pledged to donate almost all of his money to causes before he died.…
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The Republican Meltdown Shows No Sign of Cooling Off
Gail Collins: Bret, when we started our conversations, you generously agreed to stick to domestic issues. I’ve always steered away…
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What We Can Do to Make American Politics Less Dysfunctional
The disarray engulfing the House of Representatives has been unprecedented, yet somehow it has also felt inevitable. No sitting speaker…
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Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken
We have become fluent in the new language of pharmacology, diabetes, and weight loss. Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are part…
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The A.D.H.D. Drug Shortage Is Causing Real Pain
Edward Krumpotich, a drug policy consultant based in Minnesota, was diagnosed with severe attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at age 15…
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My Kind of October Surprise
In Middle Tennessee, October is supposed to mean golden light and falling leaves and clear nights cool enough to make…
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Australia Must Finally Listen to Its Indigenous People
If you found yourself in the ocher-colored sands of an Australian desert, listening to the creation stories of Indigenous elders,…
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We Just Saw What the World Is About to Become
The history of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh was ended in the old manner of conflict resolution: siege, conquest, expulsion. After a…
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Claude Cormier, Landscape Architect With a Playful Eye, Dies at 63
His archly humorous designs for parks and other public spaces confused officials and delighted the citizens of Montreal and Toronto.