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David Boaz, a Leading Voice of Libertarianism, Dies at 70
At the Cato Institute, he argued against government interference in Americans’ lives, including policing their drug use, and supported legal…
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Welcomed Into Joan Didion’s Home, if Not Her Inner Circle
In “The Uptown Local,” Cory Leadbeater describes his years as the late writer’s assistant and companion. Yet the fond portrait…
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She Moved Her Family to a Black Utopia. Then Things Got Weird.
In Nicola Yoon’s first novel for adults, “One of Our Kind,” a woman finds that a lush California suburb is…
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Trump Nephew to Publish Memoir in July
Fred C. Trump III’s “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way” will hit shelves months…
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When Life Gives You Lemons, Get an Online Sex Account
Young, single and broke, a new mom finds creative ways to stay afloat in Rufi Thorpe’s deft comic novel “Margo’s…
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Hello, Dolley? Earliest Known Photograph of a First Lady Comes to Auction
Sotheby’s is offering a recently surfaced 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, who is credited with inventing the role of first…
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Saudi Arabia’s Thoroughly Iconic, Unsustainable City in the Desert
It may not feel like it, but we’re likely experiencing the largest construction booms in history. According to one estimate,…
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The Great Interest Rate Debate
Peter Coy: Hi, Paul. The Fed meets Tuesday and Wednesday to talk about interest rates, which many voters are really…
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Talking About Periods Is Taboo. So We Talked About Them.
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTTalking About Periods Is Taboo. So We Talked About Them. June 11, 2024, 5:02 a.m. ETShare full…
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There’s a Reason Trump Has Friends in High Places
Among the features that distinguish capitalist society from its predecessors, the political theorist Ellen Meiksins Wood once observed, is “the…