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Opinion
Gaza, Ukraine and the Lingering Scars From the War on Terror
It will be a long time before any of us understand what happened after Oct. 7, but it seems important…
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Opinion
Our Semicolons, Ourselves
When I go through students’ papers and flag the misplaced modifiers, note the clichés or explain that a 15-sentence paragraph…
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News
Matt Bomer Takes the Lead
Once told he would never be a leading man if he came out, Bomer defied such predictions and, in projects…
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Opinion
How Lags in Statistics Skew the Inflation Picture
If you’re a normal human being trying to read recent economic news, especially about inflation, you may be feeling confused…
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Opinion
The Year A.I. Became the User and We Became the Tool
One of the first things I asked ChatGPT about, early this year, was myself: “What can you tell me about…
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Opinion
Beware Economists Who Won’t Admit They Were Wrong
From an economic point of view, 2023 will go down in the record books as one of the best years…
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News
Carrie Coon Likes to ‘Play the Baddie’ in ‘The Gilded Age’
Playing a new-money upstart in “The Gilded Age,” the actor isn’t afraid to go big. “You can’t take it too…
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Opinion
The Year Nature Echoed Chance the Rapper
Humans are a remarkably ambitious species. We came to the edge of lands we could safely chart and built ships…
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News
Can I Level With My Kids About Santa Claus?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to tell young children the truth about Christmas myths.
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For Tracee Ellis Ross, Happiness Is a Bowl of Olives and Her Own Clothes
“My closet is my happy place,” said the actress, who is starring in “Candy Cane Lane” and “American Fiction.” “It…