World
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When Did Republicans Turn Into a Bunch of Snowflakes?
“I am an equal opportunity foe of antisemitism.” This was the assurance that Deborah Lipstadt, the renowned Holocaust scholar, offered members of ...
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When Do We Need New Economic Theories?
Today’s newsletter isn’t about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), which has been the subject of a lot of back-and-forth in the economics world over ...
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In the ‘Genocide Olympics,’ Are We All Complicit?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Olympics have been in a state ...
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English Is a Living Language — Period
I love it whenever I see it: “‘Free Pickup and Delivery,’” “‘Fresh Fish’” and the like. I refer to signage on which quotation marks are used to ...
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Europe Calls for Peace, but Not at Any Price
BERLIN — After two days of intense diplomacy on both sides of the Atlantic about the Ukraine crisis, the leaders of France, Germany and Poland ...
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With No End in Sight, Ottawa Protests Extend Beyond Canada’s Borders
As Ottawa residents woke up Tuesday to their 12th day of protesters occupying the core of Canada’s capital, the demonstrations continued to ...
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Greta Ferusic Dies at 97; Survived Auschwitz and Siege of Sarajevo
Greta Ferusic was 19 when she and her family were taken from their home in Novi Sad, in northern Serbia, to Auschwitz-Birkenau, along with ...
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Your Wednesday Briefing: Russia Undercuts Macron
We’re covering the French president’s difficult diplomatic mission to Ukraine, and why Denmark is lifting Covid restrictions. President Emmanuel ...
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Norma Waterson, a Key Figure in Britain’s Folk Revival, Dies at 82
Norma Waterson, a vaunted fixture in British folk music for decades whose familial singing group, the Watersons, helped spur the genre’s revival ...
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Putin Warns the West and Ukraine, but Keeps His Intentions a Mystery
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin said he was prepared to keep negotiating over Russia’s security demands in Eastern Europe but offered a ...