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The End of Snow
Every Christmas my husband and I pack up ourselves and our now 8-year-old and leave Brooklyn for a visit to…
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World
How Do You Respond to a Young Person Upset by Racist Jokes at School?
When you talk to students about social media radicalization, racism and bullying, you learn how desperate they are for some…
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Is America on the Mend?
Almost four years have passed since Covid-19 struck. In America, the pandemic killed well over a million people and left…
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Arts
Dave Chappelle Assumes We’re Already Offended in His New Netflix Special
“The Dreamer” predictably includes trans and disabled jokes but punches down in other ways, too. Chappelle is part of a…
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What Are Young Voters Looking For?
Want to ruin a Democratic strategist’s New Year? Bring up President Biden’s popularity problem with younger voters. The strategist may…
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The Arc of Britney Spears Bends Toward Justice
It’s fair to say that 2023 was a good year for blond girl-culture icons with a long history of being…
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Arts
A Hopeful Reminder: You’re Going to Die
Fifty years on, Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death” remains an essential, surprisingly upbeat guide to our final act on…
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Gerry Holzman, Master Carver of a New York Merry-Go-Round, Dies at 90
He conceived and worked for 20 years — with about 1,000 volunteers — on the Empire State Carousel, featuring more…
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What Nikki Haley Didn’t Say
The presidential candidate Nikki Haley drew criticism this week for what she didn’t say. As she campaigned in New Hampshire,…
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Arts
Simpleton? Genius? Who was Tom Smothers?
He was close with John Lennon, and had a sophisticated understanding of wine, politics and literature. He only played the…