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This Year, Make a Resolution About Something Bigger Than Yourself
New Year’s resolutions are penny-ante prayers. You are this way, but you hope to be that way. You used to…
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Can Hope Ever Be a Form of Medicine?
Of all the ways the body can go wrong, A.L.S. is one of the most frightening. It begins subtly —…
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World
N.I.H.’s New Leader Wants to Broaden Participation in Medical Research
In a wide-ranging interview, Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, the director of the National Institutes of Health, discussed drug patents, trust…
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God, Christmas and Miracles: A Conversation
This is the latest in my occasional series of conversations about Christianity, aimed at bridging America’s God gulf. Previously, I’ve…
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Arts
The Artists We Lost in 2023, in Their Words
The many creative people who died this year built their wisdom over lives generously long or much too short, through…
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Arts
Why We Can’t Get Enough of Cult Documentaries
The stories are juicy, but the volume is perhaps tied to a persistent question: Why do so many people believe…
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News
Gaza, Ukraine and the Lingering Scars From the War on Terror
It will be a long time before any of us understand what happened after Oct. 7, but it seems important…
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Our Semicolons, Ourselves
When I go through students’ papers and flag the misplaced modifiers, note the clichés or explain that a 15-sentence paragraph…
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Arts
Matt Bomer Takes the Lead
Once told he would never be a leading man if he came out, Bomer defied such predictions and, in projects…
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News
How Lags in Statistics Skew the Inflation Picture
If you’re a normal human being trying to read recent economic news, especially about inflation, you may be feeling confused…