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Books
‘The Holdovers’ Review: Three Sad Souls Stranded for Christmas
Alexander Payne’s jaunt to the past, with Paul Giamatti playing a curmudgeonly instructor at a 1970s boarding school, is crackling with pungent life.
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World
As Winter Nears, Ukraine Braces for Attacks on Energy Grid
Russia targeted power systems last year and recent attacks suggest a return to that strategy, raising anxiety among Ukrainian civilians and officials.
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News
European Central Bank Keeps Rates on Hold for First Time in Over a Year
“Inflation is still expected to stay too high for too long,” the bank said, but noted that its campaign of interest rate increases was helping to curb price pressures.
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Newyork
The Reactionary Futurism of Marc Andreessen
In July, Marc Andreessen — the godfather of the web browser, one of the founders of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and arguably the chief ideologist of the Silicon Valley elite — published a Substack piece that struck me as unusually ...
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World
Thursday Briefing
Biden calls for more aid into Gaza.
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Newyork
Israel: From the Six-Day War to the Six-Front War
If you care about Israel, you should be more worried than any time since 1967. Back then, Israel defeated the armies of three Arab states — Egypt, Syria and Jordan — in what became known as the Six-Day War. Today, if you look closely, you’ll see that ...
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Newyork
Solidarity Between American Activists and Palestinians — Including a Rebuke of Biden
Since the heinous Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and Israel’s declaration of war against the terrorist group, I have been going over and over a question I’ve not been able to answer fully: During this episode, why has the Palestinian cause sparked so much ...
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US
Publisher Scholastic Backtracks on Isolating Works on Race and Gender
The company was faulted for the practice, which it said was an effort to help schools navigate new laws restricting books about racism and L.G.B.T.Q. identities.
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US
Clean Energy, Cherished Waters and a Sacred California Rock Caught in the Middle
The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary could create a new model for Native co-management of public lands. But the sanctuary faces headwinds with a last-minute boundary change to accommodate a wind farm.
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Newyork
Why ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Terrifies Me
Television celebrates older people — but only for seeming like sexy young ones.