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Learn ‘Modernist’ Bread Making Basics With This Free Online Course
Peruse vintage home goods from Provence, pick up chocolate-dipped matzo and more food news.
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Walter Massey, a Physicist With a Higher Calling
The day before Walter Massey turned 30, in 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on…
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What Schumer and Biden Got Right About Netanyahu
One of my ironclad rules of journalism is this: When you see an elephant flying, don’t laugh, don’t doubt, don’t…
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The Internet Is a Wasteland, So Give Kids Better Places to Go
In January, I had the odd experience of nodding along with Senator Lindsey Graham, who can usually be relied on…
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Why Are Americans Still Down on the Economy?
Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Honestly, I didn’t think Republicans were going to try…
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David Seidler, Oscar-Winning Writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ Dies at 86
He drew on his own painful experiences with a stutter in depicting King George VI’s struggles to overcome his impediment…
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What Makes a Coincidence Meaningful?
There are two kinds of people in the world: People who say, “What a coincidence,” and people who say, “Just…
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James D. Robinson III, Former Chief of American Express, Dies at 88
He led the company from 1977 to 1993 and helped transform Wall Street into a more competitive financial marketplace.
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Thomas Stafford, 93, Commander of First U.S.-Soviet Space Mission, Dies
The Apollo-Soyuz mission, amid the Cold War, broke new ground in space cooperation when an American capsule docked with a…
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Ed Mintz, Who Gave Audiences the Chance to Grade Films, Dies at 83
With CinemaScore, he broke new ground by building a business based on the opinions of moviegoers rather than critics.