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A Close Examination of the Most Infamous Public Toilet in America
On a recent sunny Sunday, residents of San Francisco’s Noe Valley gathered to celebrate the opening of a toilet. But…
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Art Isn’t Supposed to Make You Comfortable
When I was in college, I came across “The Sea and Poison,” a 1950s novel by Shusaku Endo. It tells…
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How Real Estate Became Showbiz and Agents Became Stars
The crowd began gathering at 5 p.m., into the movie-perfect backyard of a 1920s Spanish-style Los Angeles estate once owned…
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No Religion? At These Faith-Based Retirement Communities, No Problem.
Some communities with religious origins now offer spiritual programming as just one of many enticements, like the bingo nights of…
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After Period of Chastity, Hollywood Movies Embrace Sex Again
Studios obsessively focused on PG-13 franchises and animation in recent years, but movies like “Challengers” and “Saltburn” show eroticism has…
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Colleges Have Gone Off the Deep End. There Is a Way Out.
I had my head in a law book when I heard the drums. That was the sound of the first…
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A Small Group in South Korea Has a Big Homophobic Agenda
Since South Korean voters delivered a full-throated rebuke of their conservative president this month, a small but influential group has…
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How a New Trial for Harvey Weinstein Could Again Test the Legal System
A new jury would hear from only one or both of the women whom he was convicted of assaulting, in…
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Andrew Davis, 80, Dies; Renowned Conductor Who Championed Britain’s Music
Celebrated for his long tenure with Lyric Opera of Chicago, he led this and other orchestras with force and a…
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Justice Alito Is Holding Trump to a Different Standard
I mentioned it in passing in my Friday column, but I was struck — disturbed, really — by one specific…