Can Joe Biden Recover?
This was a good week for anyone enthused about relitigating the 2020 election. First there was new evidence, reported in a new book about the …
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Wonking Out: This Might Be China’s ‘Babaru’ Moment
OK, who ordered that? You’d think that between Covid-19, climate change and U.S. democracy under siege, we would already have enough crises on …
New York weighs using the National Guard to replace unvaccinated health care workers.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York is considering calling in the National Guard and recruiting medical professionals from other states to cover …
Icelanders Vote in Volatile Election With Climate in Mind
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Icelanders were voting Saturday in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political …
Angela Merkel Was Underestimated, and It Became Her Superpower
Almost every article written about Angela Merkel’s tenure as Germany’s chancellor notes that one of her greatest political strengths has been …
My Mission to Ferret Out a Lost Broadway Score
It’s not hard to know that Fats Waller was a jazz pianist and entertainer who wrote great songs like “Ain’t Misbehavin’.” You can see him do what …
U.K.’s Migrant Boat Dispute Has Eyes Fixed on the Channel
FOLKESTONE, England — Using high-powered binoculars and a telescope, three volunteers from a humanitarian monitoring group stood on the Kent …
This Is No Way to End a Pandemic
A year ago, before any Covid vaccine had been authorized for use, former President Donald Trump all but promised that a shot would be available …
Robert E. Lee’s Statues Are Gone. That’s Not the End of His Story.
This month in Virginia, the most famous statue of Robert E. Lee — a 21-foot-tall bronze equestrian sculpture — was swung down from its granite …
Education Doesn’t Inoculate Us from Vaccine Hesitancy
I got in a bit of a dust-up online recently for concluding that vaccine hesitance and resistance to masking were not uncommon among health care …