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$1.8 Million Homes in Florida, Tennessee and New Mexico
A Mediterranean-style house in West Palm Beach, an 1836 farmhouse on 11 acres in Knoxville and an adobe home in…
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How to Imagine a Different America
In my column this year, I’ve tried to emphasize the extent to which there are competing traditions — competing notions…
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Arts
‘Des Moines’ Review: Drowning in the Drink
A new production of Denis Johnson’s final play showcases many of his signatures: deadpan absurdism, misfit characters, heavy drinking and…
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News
Crucial Talks on Preserving Nature Are on Now. Here Are the Key Issues.
Negotiators from around the world are meeting in Canada in an effort to halt, and reverse, staggering declines in wildlife.
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Arts
Review: Gibney Dances Ohad Naharin, Minus the Inner Drive
The Gibney Company presents Naharin’s “Yag,” but the dancers lack the stage presence to fully inhabit it.
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News
Those Adorable Endangered Creatures Are Not the Point
On Dec. 4, the world’s fastest land animal briefly became an influencer. With the encouragement of conservation groups, wildlife fans…
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What’s the Point of Teaching Cursive?
It’s quaint to read how common it was in the late 1920s, when sound had just come to the movies,…
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A 108-Foot-Tall Cottonwood Thrills the ‘Tree Hunter’
An upstate arborist found what he believes is the state’s biggest tree in the town of Schaghticoke. He was ecstatic.
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These Soccer and World Cup Movies Have Big Goals
Soccer movies are often eclectic and at times unclassifiable, drawing from multiple continents and genres.
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Books
A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’
This new collection from Britain’s Daily Telegraph is full of oddballs, mavericks and cranks.