Politics
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What ‘The Crown’ Teaches Us About Power and How to Wield It
The final six episodes of “The Crown”were released this week, bringing Peter Morgan’s engrossing saga of the Windsors — bookended…
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What No One at COP28 Wanted to Say Out Loud: Prepare for 1.5 Degrees
It only took 28 years. When Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber banged his gavel on the resolution text of COP28 in…
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Michael Stone, Psychiatrist and Scholar Who Studied Evil, Dies at 90
He attempted to define evil by plumbing the biographies and motivations of hundreds of violent felons who had committed heinous…
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At What Point Does My Landlord Owe Me Some Apartment Repairs?
To renovate a market-rate rental, tenants must show that the problems violate city habitability codes.
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I Was a Doctor in Iraq. I Am Seeing a Nightmare Play Out Again.
I started training to be a doctor in the aftermath of the gulf war. It was a dark time to…
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This Holiday, Consider the True Cost of Cheap Cashmere
A decade or more ago, it wasn’t uncommon to pay several hundred dollars for a cashmere sweater. Now, as the…
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Supreme Contempt for Women
The Irish expect the worst to happen at any moment. And they have what my colleague Dan Barry calls “a…
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It’s Time for U.F.O. Whistle-blowers to Show Their Cards
Last week on the Senate floor two senators rose to express disappointment with the House of Representatives. This was by…
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Sheikh Nawaf, Emir of Kuwait, Dies at 86
The sheikh was defense minister when Iraq invaded his tiny but oil-rich country, and became ruler in his 80s.
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Mike Grgich Dies at 100; His Wine Stunned the French by Besting Theirs
A Croatian immigrant’s California chardonnay was judged the top one in a famous Paris tasting. He later established the respected…