World
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America
An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island
Every year, I spend a month or two in Puerto Rico, where my mother’s family is from. Often I go…
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America
Weirdly Warm Winter Has Climate Fingerprints All Over It, Study Says
Recent heat waves in cities worldwide have the hallmarks of global warming, researchers said. And last month was the hottest…
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Books
Inspired by a Real Mystery, This Novel Skewers the Art World
In “Anita de Monte Laughs Last,” by Xochitl Gonzalez, two Latina women working a decade apart fight to break out…
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America
Barbie and Bella: Two Different Shades of Female Liberation
The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.
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Opinion
The G.O.P. Returns to Its Bad Old Self
I’ve recently been reading about Warren Buffett’s father, Howard Buffett, a four-term Republican congressman from Nebraska. He seems to have…
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Science
Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning
Judah Levine, top time researcher, explains how Feb. 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding.
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Opinion
The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era
War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…
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Books
Ukraine, Gaza and the Long Shadow of German Guilt
In “Out of the Darkness,” Frank Trentmann details the way people in the country that started World War II are…
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America
Joel Belz, Trailblazer in Christian Journalism, Is Dead at 82
Inspired by Time, he founded World magazine, covering politics, the arts and other subjects from a “God’s-eye” view.
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Opinion
How to Be Smarter Than a Member of Congress
Why has the isolationist wing of Congress been blocking aid to Ukraine and become, in effect, a tool for President…