This week, Canada’s Liberal Party pulled off an improbable, come-from-way-behind fourth-term win. There will be little time for the party or its leader, Prime Minister Mark Carney, to celebrate. Unlike a decade ago, when Justin Trudeau won in a …
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How to Survive the Trump Years With Your Spirit Intact
I had forgotten how exhausting it is to live in Donald Trump’s world. He’s not only a political figure. He creates a psychological and social atmosphere that suffuses the whole culture — the airwaves, our conversations, our moods. If there is one …
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‘Freedom From Fear’: F.D.R.’s Granddaughter Contrasts Two Presidents
More from our inbox: Reflections on a Wrenching 100 DaysElon Musk’s Mars FantasyLab Animals’ Cruel FateGet Big Money Out of PoliticsCredit…Nathan Howard/ReutersTo the Editor: Re “The New Deal Is a Stinging Rebuke to Trump and Trumpism,” by Jamelle …
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I Was Sure I Knew Why New Yorkers Blast Their Music. I Was Wrong.
You’re reading the John McWhorter newsletter, for Times subscribers only. A Columbia University linguist explores how race and language shape our politics and culture. Get it with a Times subscription.Hearing people play their cellphones without …
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Bobby Torre, the Soul of a Saloon, J.G. Melon, Dies at 81
His ribald one-liners, oddball knowledge and generosity helped define Melon’s, an Upper East Side fixture, where he manned the door for decades.
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Sweep of Homeless Camp in Oregon Said to Be ‘Largest in Recent History’
Federal officials began clearing a forest where dozens of homeless people live in derelict R.V.s and cars.
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Is It Just You, or Is Your Apartment Shrinking?
The average size of new rental apartments has been getting smaller since 2015, but there are signs that the trend may have begun to reverse.
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The F Word Won’t Save Democrats
You’re reading the Frank Bruni newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Reflections on the mess (and magic) of politics and life. Get it with a Times subscription.One of the few occasions recently when I felt confidence in Democrats’ ability to …
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Odile de Vasselot, Teenage Aristocrat in the French Resistance, Dies at 103
During World War II, she deceived her watchful mother so she could take part in dangerous missions. Later, she founded a girls’ school in Ivory Coast.
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