Politics
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Restaurants Aren’t What They Used to Be (and That’s a Good Thing)
Like so many other chefs, I was drawn to the restaurant business because it is exciting. I ignored its dysfunction…
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Why Egypt Can’t Solve Gaza’s Problems
In this period of intense Israeli military preparation following Hamas’s horrific terror attack on Oct. 7, and equally intense diplomatic…
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The True Story Behind ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Being Erased From Oklahoma Classrooms
During the early 20th century, members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma were systematically murdered by white settlers. Yet outside…
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To Win the War, Defeat Hamas and Stop Settlements
I have great admiration for how President Biden has used his empathy and physical presence in Israel to convince Israelis…
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The Essential Skills for Being Human
If you ever saw the old movie “Fiddler on the Roof,” you know how warm and emotional Jewish families can…
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Can Twitter, uh, X, Survive Elon Musk?
What does it take to destroy a nexus — a place, real or virtual, where people go because they expect…
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Jim Jordan Doesn’t Know What Courage Is
It’s hard to overstate the extent to which our nation’s absurd Jim Jordan moment encapsulates the deep dysfunction of the…
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Vincent Patrick, Chronicler of Hustlers and Mobsters, Dies at 88
A novelist and screenwriter, he wrote “The Pope of Greenwich Village” and “Family Business” and brought them both to the…
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Eve Bunting, 94, Dies; Tackled Adult Themes in Children’s Books
Many of the more than 250 books she published explored contemporary social issues; others retold fables from her native Northern…
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The Marketing of a Massacre
The barbaric killings of unsuspecting civilians in Israel on Oct. 7 and the current devastation of Palestinians in Gaza are…