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Business
Harvard’s Governance Dilemma
The resignation of Claudine Gay as Harvard’s president reopens the debate over who should run America’s elite universities.
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World
Hamas blames Israel for the death of a senior official in Lebanon.
Israel and the surrounding region were on edge Wednesday, a day after the assassination of a top Hamas leader in…
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News
Requiem for a Winterless Europe
Long before I knew his name, I knew Hendrick Avercamp’s paintings. They show a merry Christmassy world of funnily dressed…
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World
Abrupt Dismissals Point to Xi Jinping’s Quiet Shake-Up of China’s Military
The purge of several commanders from China’s legislature was the latest sign of widening investigations focused on the sensitive arms…
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World
Wednesday Briefing
The killing of a Hamas leader.
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World
Hamas Used Gaza Hospital as a Command Center, U.S. Intelligence Says
Israeli forces stormed the site in November, drawing intense international scrutiny and criticism.
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News
What the Civil War Was About
Of course the Civil War was about slavery, and everyone knew it at the time. No, Nikki Haley, it wasn’t…
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News
Claudine Gay and the Limits of Social Engineering at Harvard
I had written and filed a column about Harvard and its president, Claudine Gay, when news of her resignation broke…
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World
Wednesday Briefing: Beirut Blast Kills Senior Hamas Leader
Plus the great winter festivals of Asia.
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World
Maureen Flavin Sweeney, Whose Weather Report Delayed D-Day, Dies at 100
She helped save General Eisenhower’s invasion from potential disaster, enabling the Allies to gain a foothold in France that proved…