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A Christmas Tale of Love and Heartbreak
My mom raised hell at her Catholic high school in the 1950s. Carol smoked, skipped class and talked back to…
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The Joy of Communal Girlhood; the Anguish of Teen Girls
OK, I’ll admit it. When I first learned of hot girl walks, I tried it: Go on a walk, think…
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Crack-House Memories Are Blocking Real Help for Addicts
It’s been two years since New York City became home to the nation’s first legally sanctioned supervised consumption program, where…
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A Forgotten Chapter of Abortion History Repeats Itself
Much of the country no doubt watched in amazement last week as a woman with a doomed pregnancy was forced…
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Myanmar’s Resistance Is Gaining Ground, but It Needs U.S. Help
For decades, Myanmar’s military junta has withstood both foreign pressure and an array of armed rebel groups opposed to its…
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Why Claudine Gay Should Go
Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, should resign. I don’t love thinking so and hoped we would not reach this tipping point…
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A Christmas Gift From the Bond Market
It’s been a strange few days on the Donald Trump front: He said something about himself that I actually believe…
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Robert M. Solow, Groundbreaking Economist and Nobelist, Dies at 99
His elegant work established that the main determinant of economic growth was technology, not growing capital and labor.
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Defending Free Speech Is Not ‘Moral Relativism’
On Dec. 14, a Christian veteran named Michael Cassidy walked into the Iowa State Capitol and destroyed a display erected…
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Gaza, Ukraine and the Lingering Scars From the War on Terror
It will be a long time before any of us understand what happened after Oct. 7, but it seems important…