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In a Poem, Just Who Is ‘the Speaker,’ Anyway?
Critics and readers love the term, but it can be awfully slippery to pin down. That’s what makes it so…
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Eugene Levy’s Toronto
As you might guess from the title of Eugene Levy’s latest series — “The Reluctant Traveler” — he’s a guy…
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The Part of the Kristi Noem Saga That I Can’t Shake
Americans like feeling as though they know their political leaders personally. And yet I think many of us now feel…
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What Kind of Husband Behaves Like Donald Trump?
Donald Trump sat silent, stone-faced and staring straight ahead as he listened to the intimate details in Stormy Daniels’s testimony…
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The Case for Hope
Mr. Kristof is the author of a new memoir, “Chasing Hope: A Reporter’s Life,” from which this essay is adapted.…
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When the Alternative to Foster Care Is an Unsafe Home, There Is Only One Right Choice
In February of 2023, Phoenix Castro was born in San Jose, Calif., suffering from neonatal opioid withdrawal after being exposed…
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Trump on Trial: ‘The Odds of Conviction Have Gone Up’
By Jonathan Alter Produced by Vishakha Darbha The contributing Opinion writer Jonathan Alter has been filing dispatches from Donald Trump’s…
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Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water
A science video maker in China couldn’t find a good explanation for why hot and cold water sound different, so…
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The Ever-Resilient Pupfish Makes a Comeback in Death Valley
The spring population of the critically endangered species is at a 25-year high, a surprising rebound in a tiny desert…
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The Oldest, Most Successful Party in Europe Is Headed for a Wipeout
At 3 a.m. one day last December, a 78-year-old volunteer for the British Conservative Party was reportedly woken by a…