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What White Voters See in Herschel Walker
To be a victim of injustice hurts hard. To be a victim of indifference hurts deeper and longer. And that is what is most gutting about the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia between Herschel Walker and Senator Raphael Warnock. How the hell did we get here ...
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Pantone’s Color of the Year Was Made for the Metaverse
Say hello to Viva Magenta, the color no one asked for, coming to a world where no one lives.
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How China Lost the Covid War
Do you remember when Covid was going to establish China as the world’s dominant power? As late as mid-2021, my inbox was full of assertions that China’s apparent success in containing the coronavirus showed the superiority of the Chinese system over ...
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Books
Where Words Fail, Humor Glimmers
A HEART THAT WORKS, by Rob Delaney In his new memoir, “A Heart That Works,” the writer, actor and comedian Rob Delaney keeps repeating the basic ...
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Books
Douglas Brinkley Would Like to Invite Thoreau to Dinner
What books are on your night stand? Two of Cesar Chavez’s favorites: “Loaves and Fishes,” by Dorothy Day, and “Faith and Violence,” by Thomas ...
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Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise
Listen. I can be laid back when I have to be. I have been known to wait five or six hours before answering the occasional email. I have at times ...
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The Search for Beauty in a Prison Cell
The first morning I woke up in a cell, I was 16 years old and had braces and colorful bands covering my teeth. My voice cracked when I spoke. I ...
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On Thanksgiving, the Chaos Is the Point
This year, like every year, I sent an email to my family with the subject line “Thanksgiving Assignments.” I was later than usual, and my niece ...
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Billions of Dollars at Stake in a Puzzling Holiday Shopping Season
No one quite knows what to make of this year’s holiday shopping season. But billions of dollars are riding on it. After two pandemic holiday ...
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Hail to the Queen: Angela Bassett on ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
This article contains spoilers for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” In the first “Black Panther,” Angela Bassett brought a regal presence to the ...