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A Trump Conviction Doesn’t Hang on Michael Cohen
The Manhattan district attorney’s case against Donald Trump has unfolded like a north-of-the-border telenovela, with lurid tales of sex, spankings,…
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Justice Alito’s Blame-the-Wife Defense Never Goes Out of Style
By now, you’ve surely seen the latest round of high-end wife-blaming in Washington. In seeking to shift their own controversies…
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How to Roll Out the Green Carpet for Legalized Marijuana
The beginning of the end of illegal weed is here. On May 16 the Justice Department formally moved to reclassify…
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Occupation Has Corrupted the Humanity of Israel’s Military
Israel’s military has brought utter devastation to the Palestinians of Gaza after the attack by Hamas on Oct. 7. But…
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Bruce Nordstrom, Who Helped Lead His Family’s Retail Empire, Dies at 90
Though he was the company’s president, he opted for joint leadership with family members as they made Nordstrom, starting as…
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63 Years Later, First Black Man Trained as Astronaut Goes to Space
Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but…
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Higher Education Needs More Socrates and Plato
The right attacks colleges and universities as leftist and woke. Progressives castigate them as perpetuating patriarchy and white privilege. The…
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The Trump Trial Is Disturbing on So Many Levels
I can’t remember when I’ve been more disturbed by a criminal trial than I have been by the Manhattan trial…
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Take a Walk Through the Hamptons With a Photographer and Her iPhone
The photographer Susan Kaufman fell in love with the Hamptons at the age of 8. She was seated in the…
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Bring Back the Tear-Jerker!
Tears are sacred. They express sadness, communicate joy, signal need and expunge stress. The very act of crying offers us…