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The Upside of a Population Decline
More from our inbox: Giuliani’s Drinking ProblemMy Book Was Almost BannedRequire Masks in HospitalsMagic at the WeddingAll of the Predictions…
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Down With Efficiency! (When We Get Around to It.)
We are no longer achieving an acceptable level of whimsy. In even the smallest corners of daily life, we are…
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How Gerontocracy Explains the Matt Gaetz Clown Show
You can analyze the circus in the House of Representatives in terms of personalities (the bland ambition of Kevin McCarthy…
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Creating ‘Fair and Appropriate Testing’
More from our inbox: Sorry Not Sorry: The Truth About ApologiesBiden’s HubrisTV and the BoomersCredit...Pete GamlenTo the Editor: Re “Timed…
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MAGA Wouldn’t Be Such a Threat if the Electoral System Worked
Last week, President Biden gave a wide-ranging interview to John Harwood of ProPublica that touched on his presidency, the Republican…
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Power of Older Women? Extinct G.O.P. Moderates? It’s Time for the Mailbag.
We’re answering reader questions on polling and elections, including the underexplored area of longevity.
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‘Before Leaving Town, We Stopped to Get Sandwiches to Eat in the Car’
Saving a spot in a long line, pulling weeds in Brooklyn and more reader tales of New York City in…
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How Mary Harron, Film Director, Spends Her Sundays
The director of “Dalíland” and “American Psycho” loves the Cloisters, secondhand furniture from Housing Works, and New York’s old-school movie…
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Why I Love Doing Homework (Even If My Kids Hate It)
It’s an opportunity to walk alongside them as they commit to the work of learning.
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Can a New Genre of Eco-Thrillers Inspire Climate Action?
Fighting the apocalypse is a timeworn movie trope. But in an era of environmental catastrophe, some filmmakers are creating more…