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Is Poor Economic Sentiment All About MAGA?

The economy is good, but Americans feel bad about it. Or do they? The more I look into it, the…

Politics

The False Note in Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’

The film celebrates Leonard Bernstein’s musical duality, but fails to seriously engage with his bisexuality.

World

Don’t Be Surprised if Trump Starts Attacking the Fed

Interest rates are heading down. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of this…

Arts

A Novel of the Spanish Conquest, Magic Mushrooms Included

Álvaro Enrigue’s “You Dreamed of Empires” is a hallucinatory tale of the conquistadors’ arrival at Moctezuma’s gates.

World

‘Shared Sorrow Is Half Sorrow’

Early on the morning of Friday, Nov. 10, my phone rang with terrible news: My wife, Nancy, has a highly…

Real Estate

How to Make the Most of a Home Inspection

If you’re trying to buy a home, the inspection should examine major systems in the home. The key is to…

Politics

A Homeless Man Sleeps in the Lobby of My Apartment Building. What Should I Do?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to be empathetic while also respecting one’s own boundaries.

Arts

Taraji P. Henson Is Tired of Fighting

Before things started to click for Taraji P. Henson, she sought career counseling from the man upstairs. “I had a…

World

What Biden Needs to Tell Us

Sometimes social revolutions emerge from ordinary ideas. In the 17th and 18th centuries, thinkers like William Petty, David Hume and…

World

New Images of Jupiter’s Moon Io Capture Infernal Volcanic Landscape

Juno, a NASA mission designed to study Jupiter’s origins, sent back new views of the most eruptive world in the…

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