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America’s Gerontocracy Problem Goes Far Beyond the President
Whether or not Joe Biden persists in his run for president, America’s gerontocratic crisis will keep on worsening. But high-profile…
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Something Big Just Happened in Kenya
President William Ruto knows he’s in trouble. A few weeks ago Mr. Ruto was barricaded inside his official compound in…
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The Reason People Are Not Telling Biden the Truth
They entered with courage and exited as cowards. In the past two weeks, several leaders have told me they arrived…
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A Shooting Changes a Family. And It Can Change a Nation.
On March 30, 1981, I was sitting in my therapist’s office when one of my Secret Service agents burst through…
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The Attack on Donald Trump Is Antithetical to America
Americans received a sobering reminder on Saturday of the threat that political violence poses to our democracy. It is a…
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Richard Simmons, Exercise and Fitness Personality, Dies at 76
With his exuberant can-do spirit, Mr. Simmons appealed to a wide following to get moving with exercise videos like “Sweatin’…
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Delta Changes Uniform Policy After Employees Seen With Palestinian Flag Pins
A social media post showing two flight attendants wearing the pins drew criticism and prompted Delta to say that only…
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Thomas Hoepker, Who Captured an Indelible 9/11 Image, Dies at 88
His photograph of five young people lounging on the Brooklyn waterfront as smoke engulfed Manhattan mesmerized viewers and stirred controversy.
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Abe Krash, Who Fought for a Constitutional Right to Counsel, Dies at 97
He provided the research and drafts that helped bring about the Supreme Court’s landmark Gideon v. Wainwright decision in 1963.
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Fire Dept. Commissioner Laura Kavanagh to Step Down
Ms. Kavanagh, the first woman to oversee the New York Fire Department in its nearly 160-year history, gave no explanation…