A few weeks ago, a South Carolina woman wearing stilettos and raw-edged jeans got into an expletive-laced shouting match with a man in the aisle of a beauty store. This fracas went viral on multiple social media platforms, which would be totally …
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The Care and Pruning of the Extravagant Lilac
What you need to do when the blooming season ends to make sure next year’s crop thrives.
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$400,000 Homes in the District of Columbia, Missouri and South Carolina
A condo in Washington, a 19th-century home in St. Charles and a ranch house in Clemson.
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The Developing Economic Trap for Congressional Republicans
After more than 100 days of President Trump marked by overreach and economic self-immolation, congressional Republicans need a reset to save their political fortunes. Representative Mike Johnson, the House speaker, is banking on a spending and tax …
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I Know Trump’s Plan for Universities. It Transformed My College.
In the three years since Ron DeSantis set out to rid Florida’s universities of woke ideology, my campus changed significantly. Professors suddenly worried about what they could say and teach. Some started avoiding terms like “racism.” One student …
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Can New Weight-Loss Drugs Help in a World Awash in Addictive Foods?
Throughout my life I’ve been fat, thin and various sizes in between. Since I was a kid I’ve gained and lost weight repeatedly, putting on 20 pounds, taking it off, putting on 30 pounds and then losing it again. It has been a cycle of despair. The …
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‘How Much Does the Next Pope Matter?’: Three Conservative Catholics on the Conclave and the Church’s Future
Ross Douthat, a Times Opinion columnist, hosted an online conversation with Michael Brendan Dougherty, a senior writer at National Review, and Dan Hitchens, a senior editor at First Things, to discuss conservative Catholic hopes and fears for the …
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Kristi Noem and the MAGA Beauty Aesthetic
Listen to and follow ‘The Opinions’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio By Meher Ahmad and Jessica Grose Produced by Vishakha Darbha From done-up hair to heavily applied makeup, conservative women — particularly those in …
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There Are Conflicts of Interest. And Then There’s Trump.
On Sept. 9, 2024, the F.B.I.’s Criminal Investigative Division reported that “as the use of cryptocurrency in the global financial system continues to grow, so too does its use by criminal actors.” The exploitation of cryptocurrency, according to the …
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