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Dec 10, 2025
What would you expect from a book by a political journalist that contains the following passage?
I had thought it a blessing and still do that when I entered the profession, at the...
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Sep 9, 2025
I was recently riding a sweaty subway train in New York City and a man in a red shirt boarded. I didn’t pay attention to him until everyone did: Once the doors closed, he...
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May 14, 2025
A particular piece of art was emblematic of my college artistic education: a massive rectangle, painted in the style of a Persian carpet, on a tiger, peacock, and doe. The focal...
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Mar 3, 2025
Last year, the New York Times published a list of what its critics deemed the best books of the 21st century. (So far.) Offices and book clubs across the country...