Opinion
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Dismiss Ron DeSantis at Your Peril
So now Ron DeSantis is wishy-washy. A bit of a wimp. Or at least runs the risk of looking like…
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Tim McCarver, 81, All-Star Catcher in Hall of Fame as Broadcaster, Dies
He played with four teams over four decades and won two World Series titles, then took his gift of gab…
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Studies Show How Cupid Isn’t Fair
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even intertidal gonochoric prosobranchs do it. And human beings definitely do it. “It” is…
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Robert Geddes, Modernist Dean of Princeton’s Architecture School, Dies at 99
As an educator, he worked to put architecture on an equal footing with other disciplines. As an architect, he was…
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Ted Lerner, Developer Who Bought and Built the Washington Nationals, Dies at 97
A billionaire and Washington native, he gave the city its first baseball championship in 95 years, along with 20 million…
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Like Finland, Imagine Everything That Could Go Wrong
Each day, the reported death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria grows. It’s not just a local tragedy…
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De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur, Who Rapped as Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54
The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led…
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In Praise of Bookstores, a Reader’s Refuge
More from our inbox: The Kafka DiariesNews Literacy: The Antidote for Online MisinformationMisdiagnosed by an Apple WatchUnrepresentative PollsCredit...Kyle EllingsonTo the…
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Sandra Seacat, Much Admired Acting Coach, Dies at 86
She helped Laura Dern, Marlo Thomas, Mickey Rourke and many others overcome fears, find their characters and discover “the joy…
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Jürgen Flimm, Director of Festivals and Opera Houses, Dies at 81
He left his mark in Hamburg, Berlin, Strasburg and elsewhere. He also directed a memorable “Ring” cycle in Bayreuth.