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An Arsenal of Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island

Every year, I spend a month or two in Puerto Rico, where my mother’s family is from. Often I go…

Business

Weirdly Warm Winter Has Climate Fingerprints All Over It, Study Says

Recent heat waves in cities worldwide have the hallmarks of global warming, researchers said. And last month was the hottest…

Arts

Inspired by a Real Mystery, This Novel Skewers the Art World

In “Anita de Monte Laughs Last,” by Xochitl Gonzalez, two Latina women working a decade apart fight to break out…

Arts

Barbie and Bella: Two Different Shades of Female Liberation

The Oscar best picture hopefuls “Barbie” and “Poor Things” look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys.

World

The G.O.P. Returns to Its Bad Old Self

I’ve recently been reading about Warren Buffett’s father, Howard Buffett, a four-term Republican congressman from Nebraska. He seems to have…

World

Why Leap Day Is Really About Party Planning

Judah Levine, top time researcher, explains how Feb. 29 was invented to keep the major holidays from colliding.

World

The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era

War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…

Arts

Ukraine, Gaza and the Long Shadow of German Guilt

In “Out of the Darkness,” Frank Trentmann details the way people in the country that started World War II are…

Business

Joel Belz, Trailblazer in Christian Journalism, Is Dead at 82

Inspired by Time, he founded World magazine, covering politics, the arts and other subjects from a “God’s-eye” view.

World

How to Be Smarter Than a Member of Congress

Why has the isolationist wing of Congress been blocking aid to Ukraine and become, in effect, a tool for President…

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