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Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds
A nearly 2,000-year-old stash pouch provides the first evidence of the intentional use of a powerful psychedelic plant in Western…
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One of Last Survivors of Pearl Harbor Attack Dies at 102
Richard C. Higgins was stationed at the Hawaiian naval base as a radioman on the day of the Japanese attack,…
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Adding Insult to Injury
During a recent group email for my book club, one member said she couldn’t make the next meeting because she’d…
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The One Idea That Could Save American Democracy
These days, we often hear that democracy is on the ballot. And there’s a truth to that: Winning elections is…
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Mass Tech Layoffs? Just Another Day in the Corporate Blender.
Silicon Valley, home of so many technological and workplace innovations, is rolling out another one: the unnecessary layoff. After shedding…
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It Hurts to See Biden Imitating Trump on Trade
Waving the flag as he heads into election season, President Biden is opposing the acquisition of U.S. Steel, a once-great…
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My Country Is Witnessing a Messy, Buffoonish End of Rule
On Dec. 31, 1980, Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first president of Senegal, announced that he was leaving power. At 74,…
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M. Emmet Walsh, Character Actor Who Always Stood Out, Dies at 88
His roles in films like “Blood Simple” and “Blade Runner” were sometimes big, sometimes small. But he invariably made a…
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The Potency of Trump’s ‘Lost Cause’ Mythmaking
At an Ohio rally this month, Donald Trump saluted the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, calling…
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When We See the Climate More Clearly, What Will We Do?
This month MethaneSAT, an $88 million, 770-pound surveillance satellite conceived by the Environmental Defense Fund and designed at Harvard to…