Opinion
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A Song for Stephen Sondheim, by Julie Andrews and Others
To the Editor: Re “Stephen Sondheim, 1930-2021: Virtuoso Who Reshaped the Broadway Musical” (obituary, front page, Nov. 27): Stephen Sondheim’s…
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South Africa Deserves a Big, Fat Prize
South Africa is paying a heavy price for its good deed of telling the world about the Omicron variant of…
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If You Think You Can’t Forgive, Remember, You Do It All the Time
As we emerge from Thanksgiving and the holiday season kicks in in earnest, here’s a short list of things to…
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Just When We Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water
Bret Stephens: Gail, I hope you had a beautiful Thanksgiving. We made two big discoveries on Thursday. The first was…
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‘Her Heart Was Beating Too’: The Women Who Died After Abortion Bans
In 2012, Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old married dentist, appeared at Ireland’s University Hospital Galway in pain. She was 17 weeks…
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‘Self Defense’ Is Becoming Meaningless in a Flood of Guns
As pundits and legal experts consider why Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder, many have focused on the prosecution’s choices…
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What Kind of Dog Is He? DNA Can Tell Me Only So Much.
NASHVILLE — Rascal is a small dog, not quite 13 pounds, longer than he is tall. His feet point in…
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Emily Ratajkowski Doesn’t Want You to Look Away
Produced by ‘Sway’ Emily Ratajkowski is winning in the Instagram era: She has 28.6 million followers and has spent more…
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Omicron Is Coming. The U.S. Must Act Now.
There’s very little we know for sure about Omicron, the Covid variant first detected in South Africa that has caused…
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You Can Make Any Day the Best Day of the Year
On New Year’s Eves when I was in my late 20s, I would ask my friends to reflect on our…