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Military Aid Cannot Be Unconditional
The suffering of civilians in Gaza — tens of thousands dead, many of them children; hundreds of thousands homeless, many…
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Who Cares if Supreme Court Justices Get Along?
The Supreme Court is hurting. I can say that with confidence — not based on any inside information but on…
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We Must Address New York City’s Mental Health Crisis
In September 1958, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed with a seven-inch steel letter opener. He had…
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Why Can’t Biden Triangulate Like Trump?
For anyone with sincere and absolute convictions on abortion, pro-life or pro-choice, Donald Trump’s attempts to reposition himself this week…
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You Don’t Have to Take Every Tax Deduction, and You Shouldn’t
Alejandro Narváez is OK taking less. He hires only contractors who pay their workers a living wage, even if that…
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Some Words Feel Truer in Spanish
My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who came to this country from Peru at…
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Bennett Braun, Psychiatrist Who Fueled ‘Satanic Panic,’ Dies at 83
He diagnosed dozens of patients with what he said were suppressed memories of being tortured by cults. He later lost…
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Eleanor Coppola, Who Chronicled Her Family’s Filmmaking, Dies at 87
She made documentaries of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” and her daughter Sofia Coppola’s “The Virgin Suicides” and…
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Frank Olson, Executive Who Linked O.J. Simpson With Hertz, Dies at 91
He negotiated Mr. Simpson’s star turn in commercials, tapping into his football fame, and formed a social bond with him…
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Our Inability to Predict Inflation Is an Embarrassment to Economics
We were surprised when inflation rose. We were surprised when inflation fell. And we were surprised again when inflation stopped…