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Ari Shapiro Reads Cookbooks for Comfort and Pleasure
What books are on your night stand? The vast majority of my reading is for author interviews on “All Things Considered.” So as I write this in January, I’m chipping away at a pile of titles with February and March publication dates: “The Exceptions ...
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Reader Mailbag: Bots and Other Business
Answering questions on topics including polling, independent voters and Black turnout.
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This Is Not How Pete Buttigieg Wanted to Visit Ohio
Gail Collins: Bret, Democratic strategists are worried about hanging on to support in the working class. The good news, from my perspective, is that it looks like the big problem is economic concerns, not cultural ones. Saying that’s good news ...
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From Carter to M.T.G.: What a Peach State Plummet
When Jimmy Carter was president, I was a lowly clerk at The Washington Star. I saw him mostly through the eyes of Pat Oliphant, our brilliant, biting cartoonist. As Carter came to be seen as uncool and fumbling, Oliphant drew the president smaller ...
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The Promise and Peril of a ‘Normal’ Politician
During his successful run for the presidency of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that he was fighting for the rights of every Brazilian: the right to grill barbecue on weekends, to have picanha with a cold beer, “everything the people need,” he ...
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Joe Biden’s Greatest Strength Is Also His Greatest Vulnerability
In February 2020, just before the world shut down, I was waiting for Joe Biden to speak on a Friday night in Henderson, Nev. The next morning I watched Bernie Sanders rally a fairly young, largely Latino crowd in a packed Las Vegas high school ...
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The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned?
The most rigorous and comprehensive analysis of scientific studies conducted on the efficacy of masks for reducing the spread of respiratory illnesses — including Covid-19 — was published late last month. Its conclusions, said Tom Jefferson, the ...
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Why Medicare and Social Security Are Sustainable
The G.O.P. response to President Biden’s truthful statement that some Republicans want to sunset Medicare and Social Security has been highly gratifying. In other words, the party has reacted with sheer panic — plus a startling lack of message ...
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‘Libraries, You Are My Heroes’: Readers Share Memories of a Favorite Haven
A photo essay celebrating the versatility of public libraries prompted an outpouring of enthusiasm from card-carrying book lovers.
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Public Libraries, and Profiling Paul Harding
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen At a time when public libraries and librarians are facing budget headwinds and sometimes intense political scrutiny for the roles they play in their communities, the Times photo editor ...