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Yes, These Gays Are Trying to Murder You
Queer villains are all over our screens these days. What do they have to say?
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Sports
Hoping to Stay in the Shohei Ohtani Business
The day after slugging his 40th home run of the season — and leaving his pitching duties early because of a cramp in his right middle finger — Shohei Ohtani walked into the Los Angeles Angels clubhouse dressed, as always, in Southern California chic ...
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World
Why You Should Listen to Your Worst Instincts
There is no end of advice these days on how to be a good person, how to make good decisions, how to be mindful and compassionate, how to have boundaries, how to be open, how to be assertive, how not to be self-effacing, how to be politically invested ...
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Raising a Hand for the Man in the Mug Shot
One by one, some with a little hesitation, six hands went up on the debate stage Wednesday night when the eight Republican candidates answered whether they would support Donald Trump for president if he were a convicted criminal. Hand-raising is a ...
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Life After Loss Is Awful. I Need to Believe It’s Also Beautiful.
In Jewish tradition, a child who loses a parent is required to say Kaddish, the mourner’s prayer, every day for 11 months, and the community recognizes you as an avel, a mourner, all that year. You are advised to eschew hilarity and concerts, wedding ...
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This Gecko’s Camouflage Is So Good, It Masqueraded as Another Species
A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative.
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Five Debate Moments That Will Shape the Republican Campaign
There are moments of fireworks at every presidential debate, and then there are moments that last — the moments that shape the public image of candidates, the moments that influence campaign strategy, messaging, fund-raising and staying power. As ...
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In a Report From a Distant Border, I Glimpsed Our Brutal Future
Once in a while, some single thing manages to encapsulate all that feels terrible about our world today. For me, this week, it was a bone-chilling report from Human Rights Watch documenting how Saudi border guards had killed hundreds — perhaps ...
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Arts
What Can Literature Teach Us About Forgiveness?
“How I’m gon keep from killing him,” says Celie, the protagonist of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel “The Color Purple.” The “him” is Celie’s husband, Mr.__. His first name is Albert, but he’s so cruel Celie won’t speak his name. In ...
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Business
How Schools Can Survive (and Maybe Even Thrive) With A.I. This Fall
Step 1: Assume all students are going to use the technology.
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