Politics
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Why MAGA Loves Russia and Hates Ukraine
As I type this newsletter, continued American aid for Ukraine is in grave doubt. Tucker Carlson is in Moscow to…
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No, ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Is Not ‘the Worst’
A couple of weeks ago in The Times, a seasoned musician and composer proposed that George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”…
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Riad al-Turk, the ‘Mandela of Syria,’ Dies in Exile at 93
Imprisoned four times, he spent almost 20 years in Syria’s prisons, nearly 18 in solitary confinement, for speaking out against…
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Talk to Us, President Biden, but Not About Trump
President Biden curses. Perhaps you heard. It drew a spasm of attention last week, when Politico reported that in private,…
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Walter Shawlee, the Sovereign of Slide Rules, Is Dead at 73
Used by engineers for centuries, they were displaced by pocket calculators and all but forgotten. Mr. Shawlee created a subculture…
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David Soukup, Advocate for Abused and Neglected Children, Dies at 90
While serving as a judge in Seattle, he was inspired to start an organization to help children who did not…
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Si Spiegel, War Hero Who Modernized Christmas Trees, Dies at 99
The son of Jewish immigrants, he was a pilot in World War II who later created patents to mass-produce artificial…
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Dick Waterman, Promoter and Photographer of the Blues, Dies at 88
A “crackpot eccentric Yankee” from Massachusetts, he revived the careers of long-forgotten Southern artists during the blues boom of the…
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Mojo Nixon, Who Mixed Roots and Punk Rock, Dies at 66
A self-styled voice of “the doomed, the damned, the weird,” he was known for satirical songs including “Elvis Is Everywhere”…
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Toby Keith’s Pre-Partisan Patriotism
Toby Keith already had a string of country hits before he wrote the 2002 song that cemented his place in…