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Biden Has a Week He Would Like to Forget
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. It was a no good, very bad week for the “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor…
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Can Domestic Violence Victims Have Safety Without Secrecy?
I once visited a domestic violence shelter in New England. It was a small, nondescript Cape Cod-style house, jammed between…
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The Deep Joy of Squirreling It All Away
The dump trucks rattling with gravel were bad. Worse were the cement mixers lined up down the street, one of…
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The World’s Third-Largest Democracy Is Backsliding
Indonesia’s transformation into a stable democracy over the past quarter century was as improbable as it was remarkable. In 1998,…
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Ad Nods to Taylor Swift and Football, Drawing Cheers and Criticism
A Cetaphil commercial showed a father and daughter connecting over football and the music superstar. But a social media influencer…
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Ellen Gilchrist, Writer With an Eye on the South’s Foibles, Dies at 88
In her novels and story collections, she took a sharp, lightly ironic look at the class from which she came,…
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Brian McConnachie, Humor Writer ‘From Another Planet,’ Dies at 81
A contributor to National Lampoon, “Saturday Night Live” and “SCTV,” he had a patrician presence that belied a whimsical and…
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Yes, Biden’s Age Matters
One of the most difficult conversations you can have in life is with a parent or peer who is becoming…
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Biden Can’t Count on Trump’s Unpopularity Anymore
The low approval rating and various political headwinds for President Biden have invited comparisons with another first-term Democratic president, Jimmy…
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What MAGA Influencers Are Missing About Football
More than 100 million people are expected to watch this Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the…