Opinion
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Bill Saluga, a Memorable Comedic Wiseguy, Is Dead at 85
He played many characters in his career, but he was best known by far for the one who said, “You…
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Don Denkinger, Umpire Remembered for Botched Call, Dies at 86
His reputation as a longtime major-league umpire was overshadowed by a wrong call he made during the 1985 World Series.
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No Playing Ostrich With Trump
As Sun Tzu says, ‘Know your enemy.’
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Trump Exists, With or Without Television Cameras
As a former executive of Fox News, I never expected to write this: CNN performed a valuable journalistic service this…
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Trump’s Lesson for the Media and Ron DeSantis
Just before the South Carolina Republican primary in 2012, CNN’s John King opened a presidential debate by asking Newt Gingrich…
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I Know the Pressure of Being a Doctor. Motherhood Is Something Else.
It should be the easiest, most natural thing in the world. Or so it seems. But here I am, home…
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When One Almond Gulps 3.2 Gallons of Water
RIO VERDE FOOTHILLS, Ariz. When interviewing people in their homes here, I didn’t have the heart to ask them if…
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The Best Thing to Emerge From the Pandemic: Permission to Wear Soft Pants
Less than three weeks into the March 2020 lockdowns in New York City, my boyfriend turned to me with a…
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The Struggle to Explain the ‘Gender Well-Being Gap’
Just in time for Mother’s Day comes new research analyzing surveys that show that women around the world are more…
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Conservative Media Has an Audience Problem
In last week’s newsletter, I wrote about the divergent intellectual climates in journalism and academia, but mostly left conservative media…