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My Late-in-Life Friendship With Helen Vendler
One makes so few new friends in older age — I mean, real friends, the ones you bond with and…
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Trump Is Flirting With Quack Economics
More than 30 years ago, the economists Rudiger Dornbusch (one of my mentors) and Sebastian Edwards wrote a classic paper…
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Class of 2024, It’s Not in Your Head: The Job Market Is Tough
Here is a brutal fact for the college class of 2024: There aren’t enough college-level jobs out there for all…
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The Campus Protests: Voices From Columbia, Barnard and Beyond
More from our inbox: Don’t Delay the Trump TrialsTrump, Pence and AbortionProtesters have occupied a lawn at Columbia University for…
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How Did Black Forest Cake Become the World’s Favorite Dessert?
It’s a classic Trinidadian dessert — a chocolate cake soaked in overproof rum and topped with swoops of ultrapasteurized whipped…
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Robbi Mecus, Who Helped Foster L.G.B.T.Q. Climbing Community, Dies at 52
Ms. Mecus, a New York State forest ranger who worked in the Adirondacks, died after falling about 1,000 feet from…
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The 25 Best Restaurants in Washington D.C. Right Now
In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These…
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They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?
In the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest, the northern spotted owl, a rare and fragile subspecies of spotted owl,…
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Student Protest Is an Essential Part of Education
Anyone who was at Columbia University in the spring of 1968 cannot help but see a reprise of those stormy,…
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Some Concrete Reasons Not to Be Totally Panicked
Gail Collins: Bret, I have a feeling we’re going to be spending a good amount of time talking about the…