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Newyork
Like a Firing Squad, but for Romantic Rejection
Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! A new dating-show format asks contestants to pop a balloon to signal that they’re not interested. Who said heartbreak had to be quiet?
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Newyork
Why I Don’t Vote
Abstinence is having what I believe is called a moment. Everywhere a vast literature of self-denial proclaims the benefits of not drinking, not eating carbohydrates, not having sex, not watering one’s lawn. Practically the only thing from which the ...
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Books
‘Space Cadet’ Review: Emma Roberts Shoots for the Stars
In a lightweight comedy, the actress plays a bartender who dreams of becoming an astronaut. One problem: She has no qualifications for the job.
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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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Newyork
The Diabolical PBS Show That’ll Restore Your Faith in Reality TV
Producers selected three families to mimic late-19th-century homesteaders over five months. The resulting quarrels make the “Real Housewives” seem tame.
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Newyork
I Am Cringe. The World Is Sus. But My Teenager’s Slang Is Based.
My son just completed high school and when he leaves for college in the fall my life will change in ways I’m still struggling to contemplate. One of the things I’ll miss most are his lessons in teenage slang. My son has always been generous with me ...
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US
Methodology: How The Times Calculates 2024 Polling Averages
An average of surveys may sound straightforward, but even a simple approach faces a series of choices.
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Books
Conan O’Brien Doesn’t Matter*
After hosting talk shows for nearly three decades, Conan O’Brien has come to believe that longevity is overrated. The first time he made this point to me was in April at a restaurant in New York, when he proposed that all statues and monuments should ...
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Newyork
How Cornhole Went Pro
The best part about watching professional cornhole on TV may be listening to it. As aural A.S.M.R. goes, it ranks right up there with golf. First comes the satisfying plunk of the bag landing on the board’s slanted 18-millimeter grade-A Baltic birch ...
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Science
How Flounder Wound Up With an Epic Side-Eye
Flatfish offer an evolutionary puzzle: How did one eye gradually migrate to the other side?