Opinion
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Vladimir Putin Is Still Useful to Xi Jinping. Until He Isn’t.
In 1969, China and the Soviet Union seemed on the brink of war. They fought a deadly border clash in…
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Mike Reynolds, Champion of California’s Three-Strikes Law, Dies at 79
The murder of his daughter sent him on a successful quest to push for tougher sentencing at a time when…
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Why California and Florida Have Become Almost Uninsurable
As different as California and Florida are, they share one big problem: Insurance companies are curtailing business in the two…
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Barbara Kingsolver Thinks Urban Liberals Have It All Wrong on Appalachia
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ When Barbara Kingsolver set out to write her latest novel, “Demon Copperhead,” she was…
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James B. Zagel, U.S. Judge Who Jailed Illinois Governor, Dies at 82
He sentenced Rod Blagojevich to 14 years to send a message about corruption in high places. As a prosecutor he…
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Dick Biondi, Fast-Talking Star of Top 40 Radio, Dies at 90
“Wild, outrageous, goofy and uplifting,” as one fan put it, he was based in Chicago for most of his career…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Where Paranoia Meets Legacy Admissions
It feels dangerous to write about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: In the lag between when I put the finishing touches…
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Should No Labels Run a Presidential Candidate?
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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Once Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59
Best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of computer data and credit card numbers,…
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Dermot Doran, Priest Who Rallied Aid for Biafran Airlift, Dies at 88
In 1968, Father Doran, who had been in Nigeria as an educator, became the linchpin of one of the largest…