Opinion
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James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92
He arranged for artists to have access to astronauts, launchpads and more. “Their imaginations enable them to venture beyond a…
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David Egilman, Doctor Who Took On Drug Companies, Dies at 71
His testimony as an expert witness in some 600 trials helped plaintiffs win billions of dollars in cases involving malfeasance…
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Robert Beerbohm, Pioneering Comic Book Retailer and Historian, Dies at 71
A professed archaeologist of the industry, he opened his own stores and partnered with other experts and vendors in the…
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Keeping U.S. Power Behind Israel Will Keep Iran at Bay
Until Iran’s barrage of missiles and drones against Israel, the two countries had avoided open military intrusions into each other’s…
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Roberta Karmel, First Woman Named to the S.E.C., Dies at 86
She got her training as a young lawyer for the Securities and Exchange Commission, but once she became a commissioner,…
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Ushio Amagatsu, Japanese Dancer Who Popularized Butoh, Dies at 74
He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime…
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I’ve Been a Jury Consultant in High-Profile Cases. Trump Can Get a Fair Trial in New York.
If Donald Trump has been clear about anything, it is this: “I cannot get a fair trial in New York.”…
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How China’s Nuclear Ambitions Have Changed the World
In the middle of the last century, as the United States and Russia rapidly amassed thousands of nuclear weapons, China…
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Inside the MAGAverse on the Eve of Trump’s Trial
On Saturday afternoon I drove out to eastern Pennsylvania, one of the big battlegrounds between President Biden and Donald Trump…
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An Essential Part of Modern Life That Armies Should Never Attack Again
In late March, after two years of withering attacks on Ukraine, Russia knocked out half of Ukraine’s power supply. Up…