I Just Turned 60, but I Still Feel 22
NASHVILLE — I was already in college before I finally understood that my entire life had overlapped with second-wave feminism, a force that …
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‘Andor’ Is Not the Resistance You’re Looking For
“Star Wars” has always been political. When the main thrust of the narrative is about rebels rising up against empire, that’s simply hard to avoid. “Andor,” the Disney+ streaming series that premiered in 2022, wears its politics openly: The show is …
At a Time of Crisis, Canadians Rush to Vote
The first day of advance voting brought long waits in many parts of Canada.
I Watched the Pope Visit the Forgotten and Convert the Skeptical
I remember the people. Thousands of them, sometimes hundreds of thousands, pressed together in aging stadiums, lining the streets of one place or another. In the Mexican state of Chiapas, so many people crowded in a local stadium in 2016 that it …
Pentagon Orders 7,000 More Troops to Europe
WASHINGTON — As Russian forces head toward Kyiv with what the Pentagon described as an apparent aim of “decapitating” the Ukrainian government …
Israel Launches Airstrikes Near Presidential Palace in Damascus
It was the second time in days that Israel had intervened militarily in Syria amid sectarian violence targeting the Druse.
How I Quit Prime and Survived
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. I quit Prime. And it’s fine. As I noted in Wednesday’s …
‘We’re All in One Ship’: Druse in Syrian Town Rocked by Violence Agree to Disarm Militias
Sirens blaring, a truckful of armed men trailing in its wake, the black sport utility vehicle that sliced sharklike through the Syrian town of Ashrafieh Sahnaya on Friday morning was impossible to miss. Government forces had retaken control from the …
An Offer That Was Engineered to Be Rejected
Rob Manfred hailed himself last month as a master negotiator, boasting of his flawless record in collective bargaining: four labor deals and no …
Stay Woke. The Right Can Be Illiberal, Too.
Those of us who sustainedly criticize the excesses of the Great Awokening are often told that we’re making a mountain out of a molehill. That the …