Opinion
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Edith Pearlman, Writer Who Won Acclaim Late in Life, Dies at 86
A short story writer for four decades, her own tale was a rare Cinderella story in publishing, centering on a…
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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Be Short
From where I stand — at five feet even — being tall is a widely held fantasy of superiority that…
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Putin Has No Red Lines
“What are Putin’s red lines?” This question, asked with growing urgency as Russia loses its war in Ukraine but does…
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Forget the Beach Bod. Try These Soul Resolutions Instead.
I never know how to think about New Year’s resolutions or whether to make them. On one hand, I am…
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Why India and China Are Fighting in the Himalayas
NEW DELHI — On a freezing December day on a remote Himalayan mountain ridge, Indian and Chinese soldiers fought with…
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Rabbi Haim Druckman, a Leader of Religious Zionism, Dies at 90
An influential educator, he was a strong advocate of creating Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
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The First Afterlife of Pope Benedict XVI
The first pope to resign was Celestine V, born Pietro Da Morrone, who was living the life of a pious…
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Katie Couric: What Barbara Walters Made Possible for Women
Every female broadcast journalist working today owes a debt of gratitude to the O.G., Barbara Walters, who died Friday at…
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Jean Franco, 98, Pioneering Scholar of Latin American Literature, Dies
She infused her work with political and feminist perspectives and insisted that art had to be understood within its social…
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Biden Set an Ambitious Goal for Nature. It’s Time He Went After It.
Compared with the United Nations climate change summit in Egypt in November, the U.N. biodiversity conference held in Montreal this…