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Why Is Everything Suddenly Taylor Swift’s Fault?
Ask the people in your life to name a woman who’s got it good, with wealth and beauty and talent…
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China Keeps Building Stadiums in Africa. But at What Cost?
The Alassane Ouattara stadium rises like a piece of sculpture from the dusty brown earth north of Ivory Coast’s largest…
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Is Taylor Swift Actually Increasing N.F.L. Ratings?
We looked into whether such a claim was merely a romantic notion.
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The Super Bowl in Las Vegas: What Would Hunter S. Thompson Think?
“When you bring an act into this town, you want to bring it in heavy. Don’t waste any time with…
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The Challenges of an Aging President
Because of his age and his determination to run for a second term, President Biden is taking the American public…
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John Bruton Dies at 76; Negotiated for Peace as Irish Prime Minister
He made strides to end the sectarian violence that plagued Northern Ireland through the 1990s by collaborating with both Britain…
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Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45
One of the first quadriplegic Harvard graduates, she became an author, professor and powerful voice for disabled people.
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America Between Jesus and Faust
In my Saturday column I dabbled in a peculiar kind of optimism about the American future, arguing that if we…
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How the N.F.L. Became a Juggernaut of Entertainment
The National Football League, founded in 1920, was an unpopular pipsqueak 90 or so years ago. The low-paid players barely…
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Biden’s Age and Memory: A Pointed Report From the Special Counsel
Readers react to the report, which described the president as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”