Politics
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David Soul, a Star of the Hit Cop Show ‘Starsky & Hutch,’ Dies at 80
An actor and singer, he rose to fame in the 1970s as one half of popular television crime-fighting duo. He…
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Martha Diamond, Painter Who Captured New York Vistas, Dies at 79
Her work, at the border of representation and abstraction, cast a strong influence over younger painters but did not gain…
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There’s No Place Like Sin City for the Holidays
After a pandemic hiatus, my family was finally back in Las Vegas for Christmas, and we were up $1.25. The…
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For Dizzy Gillespie, Queens Was the Place to Be and to Bop
Dizzy Gillespie helped make Minton’s Playhouse famous. Minton’s in Harlem was where jazz musicians, from out-of-towners to locals performing in…
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Richard Gaddes, Opera Impresario Who Spotted Young Talent, Dies at 81
As leader of opera companies in Santa Fe and St. Louis, he welcomed new works as well as new artists.
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Should Trump Be on the Ballot? And Other 2024 Sticky Wickets
Hosted by Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts |…
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America Can Still Make a Damn Good Sweatshirt
Growing up, my parents drove my brothers and me around in lumbering Fords and ungainly Oldsmobiles until one fateful day…
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Tired? Distracted? Burned Out? Listen to This.
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ I’m convinced that attention is the most important human faculty. Your life, after all,…
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If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What Is He?
Last month, the states of Colorado and Maine moved to disqualify Donald Trump as a candidate in the 2024 presidential…
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America Must Face Up to Israel’s Extremism
Two far-right members of Israel’s cabinet, the national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, caused an…