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What Have We Liberals Done to the West Coast?
As Democrats make their case to voters around the country this fall, one challenge is that some of the bluest parts of the country — cities on the West Coast — are a mess. Centrist voters can reasonably ask: Why put liberals in charge nationally when ...
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Learning to Love My Father as His Mind Unraveled
When I was around 10 years old, my father started hiding bananas in our house. We found them in the dishwasher, in the junk drawer, behind the potted plants. I once came upon an entire bunch hanging from the shower head. Too often, he hid them so ...
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World
Birding My Way Through Chemo
Andy Rementer is an artist and illustrator. George Rementer is a retired wallpaper hanger and a great dad.
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World
My Father’s Day Gift From the F.B.I.
On an otherwise pleasant day in May 1957, my father received two unwelcome visitors at his tool-and-die factory. They were F.B.I. agents acting on years of informants’ tips that Dad had been a Communist Party member. The agents intended to use that ...
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Growing Old, With Grace and Aches
Older readers offer a range of perspectives in response to a column by Charles M. Blow.
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World
Western Anxiety Makes for an Unexpectedly Smooth G7 Summit
Political weakness, intractable wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East, and challenges from Russia and China combined to create solidarity behind American leadership.
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Business
Goodbye, Work Friends
We spend a lot of our lives working, especially in the United States — 40, 50, 60 or more hours a week. We hold multiple jobs to make ends meet. The candle is perpetually burning at both ends. Hard work, we’re told, is a virtue. It allows us to ...
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3.3%
The rate of inflation in May over the previous year.
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Business
The Business of Being Lorne Michaels
For 50 years, Michaels has managed both the weekly circus of producing “Saturday Night Live” and the broader task of keeping it relevant. How does he do it?
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Arts
Who’s Who in ‘House of the Dragon’? Here’s a Refresher
They all have blond hair and the same name. Not really, but close. Behold, a rundown of the key players ahead of the Season 2 premiere.