Opinion
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There Is Glory and God in Our Struggles
Every February, Black History Month, Americans engage in a futile attempt to squeeze into 28 days the history of a…
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Rick Rubin’s Guide to Art — and Life
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Reading Rick Rubin’s production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights…
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War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Democrats Are Radicals
Political speeches, very much including State of the Union addresses, rarely make much difference. They can, however, be useful guides…
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How to Destroy (What’s Left of) the Mainstream Media’s Credibility
It is hardly a secret within America’s newsrooms that our profession has lost much of the public’s trust. Gallup, which…
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Marianne Mantell, Who Helped Pave the Way for Audiobooks, Dies at 93
In her early 20s she co-founded the groundbreaking spoken-word record label Caedmon, which had a hit with Dylan Thomas’s “A…
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Ron Labinski, Who Designed a Cozier Future for Stadiums, Dies at 85
An architect, he followed his hunch that teams would abandon ugly concrete multipurpose arenas for fan-friendly single-sport facilities, like Oriole…
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Jean Anderson, Exacting and Encyclopedic Cookbook Author, Dies at 93
Her 1,300-page “Doubleday Cookbook” was a rival to “The Joy of Cooking,” and her rigorously tested recipes taught generations of…
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We’re Not Being Cruel, President Biden. Just Careful.
Messages don’t come any more mixed. An overwhelming majority of Democrats and independents who lean Democratic believe that President Biden…
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Albert Okura, ‘Chicken Man’ Who Saved a Ghost Town, Dies at 71
He built a California fast-food chain, opened a McDonald’s museum and restored a historic town on Route 66, a road…
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How Do You Serve a Friend in Despair?
My friendship with Peter Marks was created around play. Starting at age 11, we played basketball, softball, capture the flag,…