These Poached Eggs Aren’t Picture-Perfect. That’s What Makes Them Beautiful.
It was nearing midnight on Day 8 of a two-week photo shoot when I rolled out dough for a sheet of graham crackers. Using a long ruler as a guide …
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You Love That House, but Should You Write a Love Letter?
When Dashini Jeyathurai was shopping for a home in Berkeley, Calif., last spring, the market was at a fever pitch. Most homes in the area were …
How Much Did That New Kitchen Cost? No One’s Going to Tell You.
Annie Joines Prentice knows when the neighbors are trying to figure out how much money she has spent on her house, even though they never …
Russia Lays Out Demands for a Sweeping New Security Deal With NATO
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia outlined on Friday its demands for a sweeping new security arrangement with the West in Eastern Europe, with the most far …
My Son Is Not Alone. Millions of Young People Commit His Crime.
CAIRO — Standing outside the Tora prison complex, where my son is held, a mother asks me: What’s your son in for? “Politics,” I say. She looks …
Freedom’s Just Another Word for … What Exactly?
It is among the ironies of American history that both the opponents and the defenders of hierarchy cast their views, and their struggles, in …
‘Time We Can’t Get Back’: Stolen at Birth, Chilean Adoptees Uncover Their Past
Growing up in Minnesota, Tyler Graf knew almost nothing about his birth mother. And what little he knew, he said, stung. His adoption papers …
Inflation Keeps Getting Worse. But Can the Fed Really Rein It In?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In a much-anticipated meeting on …
Who’s Behind Web3?
If you haven’t been drawn into the growing hype over Web3, where have you been? I kid. It’s mostly just people arguing about what it is exactly …
Britain’s Conservatives Lose ‘Safe’ Seat, Dealing Blow to Boris Johnson
LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Friday crashed to an election defeat in a district it had represented for more than a century, dealing a …