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Why Bother to Make Resolutions if We Don’t Keep Them?
If resolution makers wanted a patron saint, they could do worse than Samuel Johnson (1709-84), a lifelong resolver and by…
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Clutter Is Good for You
Several years before she died, my mother began sending me things — ostensibly significant objects. These included expected items like…
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Poetry Died 100 Years Ago This Month
Like many millennials, I was educated, if that’s the right word for it, on the internet. The online music critics…
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Rikers Island Is the Perfect Place to Build a Casino
Two public development projects are in the works that will indelibly change the character of New York City. Both are…
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N.F.L. Week 17 Predictions: Our Picks for Each Game
Can the Jaguars keep the Titans from the A.F.C. South title? Can the Bills outscore the Bengals? Will anyone win…
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The Sad Tales of George Santos
What would it be like to be so ashamed of your life that you felt compelled to invent a new…
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The Trials of Harry and Meghan
More from our inbox: Prosecuting TrumpHow Black Mayors Are JudgedOlder WorkersThe Beauty of Nature at NightCredit...Pool photo by Samir HusseinTo…
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The Signal App and the Danger of Privacy at All Costs
Two weeks ago, the Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey passionately advocated in a blog post the view that neither Twitter nor…
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This 2022 ‘Best of’ List Includes Swaddling a Chicken
For my last newsletter of 2022, I want to highlight parenting media that I loved this year. I tend toward…
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Rudy Gobert Isn’t Worried About the People Waiting for Him to Fail
Gobert had a dominant run in Utah, but now he and the Minnesota Timberwolves are struggling to find their fit…