Opinion
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Arthur Duncan, Barrier-Breaking Tap Dancer, Is Dead at 97
One of the first Black regulars on a TV variety show, he brought tap to millions of viewers on “The…
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Tom Cruise and the Insanity of the Oscars
Did Tom Cruise give an honest-to-goodness performance — one that involved disappearing into a character versus reveling in his own…
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Understanding America’s Greatest Vulnerabilities
Erica R.H. Fuchs argued so persuasively that the United States needs to get better at assessing its strengths and weaknesses…
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The Boss Is Back in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley as we know it — with its radically transparent company cultures, empowered employees, flat hierarchies and rarefied perks…
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The Enduring, Invisible Power of Blond
If you are ever trapped between a hungry bear and a blonde with an attitude, fight the bear. That was…
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Trump’s Handling of Classified Documents Still Looks Very, Very Bad
The drip-drip of news over the last week about classified files found in President Biden’s home and his post-vice-presidential office…
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Keep Your Politics Out of My Arugula
When I was 14, I was asked to fetch some baklava from the basement of the Turkish restaurant where I…
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Believing the Taliban’s Lies Makes Us All Unsafe
I was a first-year medical student at Kabul University when, on Sept. 26, 1996, Taliban fighters swept in and seized…
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How to Divide the Working Class
New York City was the site of one of the deadliest riots in United States history 160 years ago this…
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Where Moms Hover Over Starving Children
MOGADISHU, Somalia — To outlive a child is to lose a piece of your heart. A famine looming over the…