Nation
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Newyork
Which Country Will Win the Paris Olympics? Don’t Just Count Medals.
No nation officially wins the Olympics, but that doesn’t stop journalists and others from trying to keep score by counting gold, silver and bronze medals. Unfortunately, the two main approaches are equally flawed. The raw medal count overly favors ...
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Newyork
Is America a City on a Hill or a Nation on the Precipice?
If America were a painting, it would almost certainly be a self-portrait. Ours is a nation obsessed with depicting and interpreting itself, usually with the boldest of brushstrokes. We’ve claimed an American way, an American creed, an American idea ...
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World
Hezbollah Has Threatened Cyprus. Here’s Why.
Cyprus found itself at the center of the world’s attention this week when the leader of Hezbollah threatened to target the small island nation if it supported Israel in potential war efforts. Amid intensifying violence between the powerful Iran ...
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Newyork
We Haven’t Hit Peak Populism Yet
We used to have long debates about American exceptionalism, about whether this country was an outlier among nations, and I always thought the bulk of the evidence suggested that it was. But these days our political attitudes are pretty ordinary ...
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World
Dozens of Children Abducted in Nigeria Have Been Released, Officials Say
The military of the West African nation, which is plagued by kidnappings largely driven by demands for ransom payments, said 137 children had been freed in the country’s north.
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US
In Two Speeches, Trump and Biden Offer Starkly Different Views of the Country
President Biden’s State of the Union address and former President Donald Trump’s victory speech on Super Tuesday conjured diametrically opposed visions of America’s past, present and future.
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Newyork
We’re Not Asking the Most Important Questions About Age
After President Biden delivers his third State of the Union address on Thursday, much of the analysis will focus on the apparent signs of the president’s age. How alert does he seem? How spry? Does he look up to the task of running for office, or of ...
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Newyork
Four Ways of Looking at Christian Nationalism
Amid all the talk about the potential influence of Christian nationalism in a second Trump administration, and in the country as a whole, the phrase’s popularity has far outrun any coherent definition. My colleague David French made an effort to ...
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World
Opposition Leader in Chad Is Reported Killed in a Shootout
Yaya Dillo, who was expected to run in national elections in May, was killed alongside many others in a gun battle in the capital, the national prosecutor said.
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Books
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’: Been There, Saved That
Netflix’s latest attempt to capture the magic of a beloved animated series has some strong performances but falls well short of the original.