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Arts
Barbie and Bella: Two Different Shades of Female Liberation
The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.
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The G.O.P. Returns to Its Bad Old Self
I’ve recently been reading about Warren Buffett’s father, Howard Buffett, a four-term Republican congressman from Nebraska. He seems to have…
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Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning
Judah Levine, top time researcher, explains how Feb. 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding.
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The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era
War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…
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Ukraine, Gaza and the Long Shadow of German Guilt
In “Out of the Darkness,” Frank Trentmann details the way people in the country that started World War II are…
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Joel Belz, Trailblazer in Christian Journalism, Is Dead at 82
Inspired by Time, he founded World magazine, covering politics, the arts and other subjects from a “God’s-eye” view.
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How to Be Smarter Than a Member of Congress
Why has the isolationist wing of Congress been blocking aid to Ukraine and become, in effect, a tool for President…
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Missing Profits May Be a Problem for the Green Transition
In October, the International Energy Agency issued a brief flare of optimism when it suggested that global carbon emissions from…
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Arno J. Mayer, Unorthodox Historian of Europe’s Crises, Dies at 97
A Jewish refugee from the Nazis, he argued that World War I, World War II and the Holocaust were all…
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This Was a Terrible Year, and Also Maybe the Best One Yet for Humanity
As the year ends, civilians are dying at a staggering pace in Gaza and the genocide in Darfur may be…
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