Opinion
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Bruce Willis, My Father, and the Decision of a Lifetime
The letter from Bruce Willis’s family bore seven names — Emma, Demi, Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn — and…
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Can America Thrive Without War?
Without a fresh vision for America’s role in the world, many people in Washington link today’s geopolitical challenges with those…
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Jerrold Schechter, Who Procured Khrushchev’s Memoirs, Dies at 90
As a Time magazine bureau chief, he was pivotal in the publication of revelatory taped interviews with the ousted premier…
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The Perfect Retirement Investment Nobody Wants
Two of your biggest financial risks in retirement involve your health, but they’re almost opposed to each other. One is…
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William Greenberg Jr., Baker Who Sweetened Manhattan, Dies at 97
He used poker winnings to open a modest bakery in 1946 that grew into an artisanal dessert empire, tempting New…
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Stella Stevens, Hollywood Bombshell Who Yearned for More, Dies at 84
She starred alongside the likes of Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis. But she wanted to direct and write, and she…
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What Fox News Says When You’re Not Listening
People who remember Fox News host Tucker Carlson as a bow-tied creature of establishment Washington often wonder what happened to…
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Donald Spoto, Biographer of Hitchcock and Many More, Dies at 81
He wrote more than two dozen books, including richly detailed biographies of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Laurence Olivier and Jesus.
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Will A.I. Be Our Dutiful Assistant or Our Unstable Muse?
For months now, I’ve been slightly, well, bored by the proliferating examples of A.I.-generated writing produced by peers and friends…
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Our Age of Impunity
This month marks a year since Russian tanks first crossed the border with Ukraine, signaling the start of the most…