The Golf Analogy That Explains a Lot About Trump
President Trump invoked the golfing great Sam Snead to justify a plan to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar to use as Air Force One.
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Palestinian Authority Lifting Ban on Al Jazeera in West Bank
The authority offered scant information about why it issued the ban in January, and it maintained that stance in announcing that it was rescinding it.
The $700 Calendar That Wants to Save Your Marriage
On a Thursday morning in March, my family needed to accomplish three things at exactly the same time. My husband had to board a plane to return from a business trip in London. I had agreed to moderate a panel discussion about how the cost of child …
When Politics, Borders and Wolves Collide
The fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 brought many changes, but one of the more unexpected was that it enabled the wolves of Eastern Europe to begin expanding their range west, where they had been practically unknown for more than a century. Few large …
As Truce Seems to Hold, India and Pakistan Both Claim Victory
The Trump administration’s public descriptions of its role in the mediation seemed to touch some sensitive spots politically in India.
How a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope
The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry. A meditation to start the conclave had dragged on and pushed their first vote deep into Wednesday evening. It had resulted in an …
What We Know About How the 4-Day India and Pakistan Clashes Unfolded
Some details are clouded by contradictory statements and disinformation. But a pattern of rapid escalation brought the conflict to the brink of catastrophe.
Colombia Grants Asylum to Richard Martinelli, Ex-President of Panama
The former leader said he had traveled to Bogotá after spending a year holed up the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama City following a money-laundering conviction.
Tufts Student Returns to Massachusetts After 6 Weeks in Immigration Detention
Freed after her painful ordeal in a federal facility, Rumeysa Ozturk expressed joy, gratitude and continued faith in American democracy.
A Jewish Promised Land in … Texas? Rachel Cockerell Had to Know More.
Discovering the ways her great-grandfather’s rich life intersected with the hidden history of Zionism led to an unusually crafted new book, “Melting Point.”