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Crafting a Universe in Clay
The ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu is getting a posthumous reappraisal, thanks to her devoted acolytes — and major shows highlighting…
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It’s a Visual Effects Extravaganza, but There’s Not an Explosion in Sight
Though blockbusters are synonymous with computer imagery, dramas and art-house films rely extensively on tech magic, too. Don’t be fooled…
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Elephants and Rihanna and Billionaires, Oh My!
Rihanna, Mark Zuckerberg, bejeweled elephants and 5,500 drones. Those were some of the highlights of what is likely the most…
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Will Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, a Jewish Woman, Blaze a Trail or Follow One?
Mexico’s presidential campaign is well underway and if the polls are to be believed, Claudia Sheinbaum, a physicist and candidate…
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Larry H. Parker, an Injury Lawyer Who Promised to ‘Fight for You,’ Dies at 75
In the Los Angeles area, Mr. Parker was a common sight on billboards and television commercials in which he promised…
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Kellyanne Conway Has Some Weak Advice for Her Party
It is beyond obvious at this point that abortion is the Achilles’ heel of the Republican Party. The prospect of…
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Part-Time Employees: The Plight of the Mistreated
Readers discuss a novelist’s guest essay about how the retailers benefit but the workers struggle.
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President Biden, You Have Leverage That Can Save Lives in Gaza. Please Use It.
President Biden is sounding tougher toward Israel these days and showing more compassion for people starving in Gaza. “There are…
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Does Everyone Want to Be on the ‘Mommy Track’?
When I caught up recently with Liz Koelsch, one of the moms that my friend Jessica Bennett profiled for our…
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It’s Not You: Dating Apps Are Getting Worse
“The golden age of dating apps is over,” a friend told me at a bar on Super Bowl Sunday. As…