Opinion
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The Story of the Student Journalist and the Stanford President
There are many rabbit holes on the internet not worth going down. But a comment on an online science forum…
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The Butterfly Net and the Magic of Attention
If you have ever gone bird watching, or looked for wildflowers or mushrooms, or hunted for deer or rabbits, you…
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For One Weekend, We Remembered the Magic of Movie Theaters
It seemed like a miracle. The Cobble Hill Cinemas, a neighborhood joint that opened in the 1920s as the Lido…
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In Lessons on Slavery, Context Matters
One of the points I tried to make in my Friday column about the new Florida curriculum on the history…
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How to Treat Loneliness (and Should We?)
Readers offer their suggestions, including group therapy and psychedelics, but also question the need for solutions.
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Pamela Blair, an Original ‘Chorus Line’ Cast Member, Dies at 73
As Val, one of the dancers in the hit Broadway musical, she sang a memorable song explaining how she got…
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The Case for Tourism
Agnes Callard, a University of Chicago philosopher, infuriated various portions of the internet in June with an essay making the…
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Ron DeSantis Wants to Tell the Future by Controlling the Past
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was, along with his state’s Board of Education, embroiled in a controversy over…
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The Coming Biden Impeachment Farce
When House Republicans return from their recess this fall, they’re likely to have an item on their agenda besides pushing…
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Let the Tragedy in My Homeland Be a Lesson
About seven years ago, people around me started disappearing. It began slowly, quietly. The editors of a well-known literature textbook…