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Wall Street Seems Calm. A Closer Look Shows Something Else.
In the stock market, all is not quite as it seems. A slowdown in inflation has boosted investor confidence in…
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Money Dysmorphia
shoptalk Money Dysmorphia /ˈmə-nē dis-ˈmȯr-fē-ə/ A nagging insecurity about one’s finances — even when one is on solid footing —…
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‘God Help Us’: 12 Writers Rate Biden’s Performance at the First Presidential Debate
Times Opinion asked 12 of our columnists and contributors to watch the presidential debate on Thursday night, assess who won…
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Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race.
I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a…
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Biden Cannot Go on Like This
I’m not sure I’d ever watched Donald Trump lie so incessantly, extravagantly and unabashedly, and that’s saying something. On Thursday…
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Women Must Be Invited to Shape Afghanistan’s Future
In May 2022, nine months after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, I visited a girls’ secondary school that was…
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The Tiniest Words Generate the Biggest Uproar
As a linguist, I pay close attention to debates about language. But I won’t be telling you anything you don’t…
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Dana Bash and Jake Tapper Let Candidates Be the ‘Stars of the Show’
The microphones were muted. So were the moderators. Despite all the CNN logos filling viewers’ screens, and the nonstop hype…
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How Would You Rate the Presidential Debate?
Our writers and editors are formulating their thoughts on Donald Trump and President Biden’s first debate of the 2024 presidential…
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A Rikers Detainee Made a Daring Escape. The Getaway Car? A City Bus.
The authorities were searching for the detainee, a 35-year-old man with a history of mental illness, after he eluded two…