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Whenever a colleague is unkind or unfair, I let them know . . . that, unfortunately, I’ve just noticed the time and I’d ...

Does Gratitude to R for φ-ing Imply Gratitude that R φ-ed?” isn’t a question we often ask ourselves on Thanksgiving. Translated into plain English—it’s the title of a scholarly article by the ...

New research suggests that the Democrats’ struggles in communities battling fentanyl addiction had little to do with economic theory or messaging—it was, more simply, a failure of political attention.

Eight months after the fall of Roe v. Wade, Vanessa Garcia lay on a hospital table in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, as a ...

Despite Angelina Jolie’s passionate performance, this sensationalized story of Maria Callas’s last days neglects the diva’s ...

In the second MAGA Administration, the hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent will have the job of acting as a voice of reason.

Reporting from the Rio Grande Valley. Plus: Trump’s interesting pick for Treasury Secretary; the first great American film ...

Frank Lucianna spent most of his life as a criminal-defense lawyer from New Jersey; even as he pushed a hundred, he didn’t ...

It’s not strange at all—lately, a lot of people are reporting that their faith in humanity is riding entirely on whether or ...

The actress, screenwriter, and novelist’s reviews and essays from 1918-19 display a comprehensive grasp of movie art and a ...

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