The Critic Elizabeth Hardwick Was Very Tough on Biographies. Now Here’s One of Her.
To be a literary biographer is to court the extravagant ridicule of the very people you write about. For all of the salutary services a writer’s …
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How Four Democrats Who Saved the Party Before Would Do It Again
Patrick Healy, the deputy Opinion editor, hosted an online conversation about the future of the Democratic Party with four veteran strategists and reformers who spearheaded the New Democrat movement that helped elect Bill Clinton to the presidency in …
Can Democrats Win the Working Class and Save the Republic?
Senator Chris Murphy on the Democrats’ “five alarm” crisis.
Murder of Christina Yuna Lee Heightens Safety Fears in Chinatown
A 25-year-old man was arrested on murder and burglary charges on Monday, a day after the police said he stabbed and killed a 35-year-old woman …
SpaceX Delivers NASA’s Crew-3 Astronauts to Space Station
Four astronauts boarded the International Space Station on Thursday after a daylong trip inside a spacecraft built by Elon Musk’s space company …
Why Republican Ken Buck Believes in Antitrust and Doesn’t Believe in the ‘Big Lie’
Produced by ‘Sway’ Representative Ken Buck has joined forces with the Democratic congressman David Cicilline and others to push through a package …
Trigger Warning: It’s My Brother’s Turn Again
I have gotten emails asking me not to run my brother Kevin’s annual column this past year. And I have gotten emails asking me to please run Kevin …
Joel Krosnick, Longtime Cellist of Juilliard String Quartet, Dies at 84
Widely admired for his intense and precise playing, Mr. Krosnick stayed with the quartet for over 40 years, longer than either of his cellist predecessors.
1946: Europe Hit By Near-Zero Temperatures
Credit…International Herald TribuneThe frost offensive from the east, of which Central Europe has been bearing the brunt for the last four days …
Austria Announces Covid Vaccine Mandate, Crossing a Threshold for Europe
ROME — Austria on Friday became the first Western democracy to announce that it would mandate Covid vaccinations for its entire adult population …