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‘Little Women’ and the Art of Breaking Grammatical Rules
A few weeks ago I wrote on the grand old rule about not ending sentences with prepositions, which is, quite…
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Don’t Let Our Broken Politics Mangle Our Faith
In 2007, I had a conversation about the culture war with the evangelical pastor Tim Keller that I’ve never forgotten.…
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Richard Benedick, Negotiator of Landmark Ozone Treaty, Dies at 88
He played a key role in securing the Montreal Protocol, an international environmental pact to protect the ozone layer by…
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Michael Singer, Sculptor Who Used Nature as His Medium, Dies at 78
His work, on an increasingly large scale, attempted to highlight, and repair, the impact of human intervention on the landscape.
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Al Franken’s Memories of Christopher Durang
The comedian and former senator writes about the late playwright.
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John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’
His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono…
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Gaetano Pesce, Designer Who Broke the Rules, Is Dead at 84
He brought surrealism, and politics, into the design world, disdaining conformity and right angles. “He was an enemy of the…
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Help! Japan Airlines Downgraded Us From First Class and Skimped on the Refund.
A couple is bumped from ultraluxury to semi-luxury on a trans-Pacific flight and receives what they feel is only a…
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Corporate America: Employees Need Stability, Not Constant Change
By Ashley Goodall Produced by Vishakha Darbha It’s been a brutal year for Silicon Valley, with dozens of mass layoffs…
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Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Settles the Score With Haters — and With History
Beyoncé released a genre-bending country album, “Cowboy Carter,” last week. After listening to it in all the requisite settings —…