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What Began as a War on Theater Won’t End There

Productions of plays in America’s high schools have been increasingly under attack. In 2023, Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”was rejected in…

World

The Quiet Magic of Middle Managers

Nobody writes poems about middle managers. Nobody gets too romantic about the person who runs a department at a company,…

World

Fulfilling Our Mom’s Dream to See the Solar Eclipse

If all goes according to plan, on April 8, our 75-year-old mother, Nancy, will be settled into a lawn chair…

Politics

Hollywood’s New Fantasy: A Magical, Colorblind Past

Films and TV shows keep reimagining history as a multiracial dream world. Is that really a step forward?

Politics

People Hated ‘Madame Web’ — But They Were Desperate to See Dakota Johnson Mock It.

T​he star has never quite said the movie was bad, but it’s fun to imagine a celebrity going scorched-earth on…

Travel

Southern California Oil Sheen Is Unlikely to Stem From Spill, Tests Indicate

Samples from an oil sheen in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., were more consistent with…

World

How to Fix the Crisis of Trust in Higher Education

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been keeping track of every report I see about major budget shortfalls at…

Health

After Six Seasons, Viewers Have an Answer: No, Love Is Not Blind

The hit Netflix dating show seems to prove that looks matter as much as ever.

Health

Old Hollywood Glamour at the Gap?

Unlikely, but with Zac Posen being named its creative director, you never know. Plus, fashion’s doll fixation, thrift shopping at…

World

Is Trump an Agent or an Accident of History?

In Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels, a “psychohistorian” in a far-flung galactic empire figures out a way to predict the future…

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