America’s Crumbling Global Position
A “complex, coordinated and deliberate attack,” was how John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, on Monday described a recent drone assault on a …
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Cultivating Olives on the Slopes of Mount Etna
In the summer of 2020, out of the blue, my father told me of a friend of his who, after decades spent working in Milan as a photojournalist …
‘Dune’ May Be Set in a Distant Time and Place, but the Film Has Canadian Roots
When “Dune” opened in Canada last weekend, I was in Quebec, where the sweeping science fiction tale was the talk of the province. Tanya Lapointe …
The Supreme Court Has Gone Off the Rails
The Supreme Court has final authority to make difficult judgment calls articulating the powers of government and the limits and constraints upon …
What to Do About Facebook, and What Not to Do
One of the most unsettling revelations in the cache of internal documents leaked by the former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has been just how …
$4 Million Homes in California
What You Get for $4 Million in California 24 Photos View Slide Show › Aerial CanvasSan Juan Capistrano | $3.95 Million A French country-style …
Rio Cancels Carnival Street Parties but Keeps Parade
RIO DE JANEIRO — While Rio de Janeiro’s renowned Carnival parade will go on, the city will cancel its street parties, the mayor said on Tuesday …
Twitter’s Former C.E.O. Has a ‘Too Bad, So Sad’ Approach to Content Moderation
Produced by ‘Sway’ Remember social media before Donald Trump’s presidency? Dick Costolo does. He was Twitter’s chief executive from 2010 to 2015 …
We’re Probably in a Simulation. How Much Should That Worry Us?
Imagine that when your great-grandparents were teenagers, they got their hands on a groundbreaking new gadget, the world’s first fully immersive …
My Housecleaner Is Sick a Lot. Do I Have to Stick With Her?
I have had the same woman come once a week to clean my house for the past 10 years. Several times a year — amounting to between 10 to 15 percent …