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A Brief Guide to Who’s Who on Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’
Ex-boyfriends may be alluded to. Travis Kelce, too, fans believe. And some actual poets.
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4 Documentaries That Explore How Families Cope With Dementia
In “Little Empty Boxes” and other films, the heartbreak of memory loss is intertwined with deeper cultural implications.
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The Unsolvable Mysteries of Donald and Melania’s Marriage
“He reserves fear for one person, Melania Trump.” That’s what Kellyanne Conway said about Donald Trump in her testimony before a congressional committee in 2022. But is that really true? Looking at the Trumps, I can’t tell. But then we don’t get to ...
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Abortion Is Remaking Our Political Landscape. Why Aren’t Guns?
Why don’t we talk more about guns? Not that the issue doesn’t come up. But think about the public debate on gun control versus the one we’re having on abortion rights. Perhaps the two biggest long-running social issues in American politics, and the ...
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Abe Koogler’s New Play Is an Ode to Intense Culinary Experiences
In “Staff Meal,” in previews at Playwrights Horizons, a restaurant becomes a refuge as the world ends.
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Trump Courts the Chaos He Promises to Tame
On Saturday night, while Iran fired drones and missiles into Israel, Donald Trump talked a lot about chaos. “What’s going on with the world?” Mr. Trump said while telling a story onstage. “Everybody’s fighting. Russia, Ukraine, Israel; the Middle ...
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The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement
To understand the remarkable moral, political and intellectual collapse of the pro-life movement, look to the Alabama Supreme Court, not just to Donald Trump’s recent pledge not to sign a national abortion ban or Kari Lake’s flip-flop on Arizona’s ...
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Hanif Abdurraqib Just Misses His Dog
His new book, “There’s Always This Year,” is a meditation on beauty, grief and mortality through the lens of basketball and Columbus, Ohio.
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Want to See This Film? Movie Studios Won’t Let You.
As in the case of ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ sometimes an entertainment company sees more value in not selling you its products.
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Good Economy, Negative Vibes: The Story Continues
When it comes to economic news, we’ve had so much winning that we’ve gotten tired of winning, or at any rate blasé about it. Last week, we got another terrific employment report — job growth for 39 straight months — and it feels as if hardly anyone ...
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