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Stuck Ships and Supply-Chain Inflation
It has been a week since the Dali, a container ship, struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. It’s…
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John Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93
His sprawling and boisterous novel “The Sot-Weed Factor,” published in 1960, projected him into the ranks of the country’s most…
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Joe Biden Is More Than His Age
More from our inbox: Investing in UkraineA Worthy Betrayal by García Márquez’s SonsOur Gun Culture and Mass ShootingsCredit...Ben WisemanTo the…
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A Second Home That’s Far Away From It All
Two saltbox houses on the island of Newfoundland, in Canada, were hard to resist. What would be harder still: Renovating…
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Larry Lucchino, Top Executive at Three M.L.B. Teams, Dies at 78
He oversaw construction of new ballparks for the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres and, with the Red Sox, the…
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Joe Flaherty, ‘SCTV’ and ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Actor, Dies at 82
Mr. Flaherty was known for playing a series of oddball characters on the sketch series “SCTV” and, more recently, for…
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I Hope to Repeal an Arcane Law That Could Be Misused to Ban Abortion Nationwide
A long discredited, arcane 150-year-old law is back in the news in 2024, and that should terrify anyone who supports…
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Oct. 7 Shattered Netanyahu’s Legacy. The War Saved Him — for Now.
The moment Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip ends, the unfinished conflict within Israel over its future will begin…
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I’m an Economist. Don’t Worry. Be Happy.
I, too, know that flash of resentment when grocery store prices feel like they don’t make sense. I hate the…
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Let People Sell Their Kidneys. It Will Save Lives.
I owe the last 25 years of life to my father, who dozed under general anesthesia as a surgeon cut…