Politics
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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.”
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Richard Gambino, 84, Dies; Fought Discrimination Against Italian Americans
He directed the Italian American studies program at Queens College — the first of its type in American academia —…
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David Kahn, Leading Historian of Codes and Code Breaking, Dies at 93
His 1967 book, “The Codebreakers,” introduced the world to cryptology and inspired the emergence of private-sector encrypted communication.
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A Compact, Eco-Friendly House and Three (Not-So-Little) Pigs
The 1,200-square-foot home in coastal Maine uses a fraction of the energy required to heat the average house, and the…
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Let’s Go Ice Skating. In the Backyard.
Josh Allen had always wanted to try ice skating. “It looked like something fun to do that was good exercise,”…
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The Year of the Dragon Plant
In photographs displayed at my grandfather’s funeral last month, the plant is there: a splendid, eight-foot dracaena, holding court from…