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The G.O.P. Goes Full-on Extremist

There are no moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives. Oh, no doubt some members are privately appalled by the…

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The Rock’s Wax Figure Will Get Redo, Museum Says

The Grévin Museum in Paris said it is “improving” a likeness of Dwayne Johnson that one online critic called “melanin…

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Ellsworth Johnson, Last Survivor of a Secret Army Unit, Dies at 100

During World War II, he parachuted into France and China as part of a special operations group on missions for…

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‘BS High’ Review: Greed and Football

A saga of high school football players taken advantage of by a dubious start-up is played for entertainment in this…

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It’s By-election Day in the U.K. What Does That Mean?

Three seats in Parliament recently occupied by Conservatives are up for grabs in an election that may show which way…

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Bill Saluga, a Memorable Comedic Wiseguy, Is Dead at 85

He played many characters in his career, but he was best known by far for the one who said, “You…

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A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making

Mack McCormick’s long-awaited book about the musician Robert Johnson has arrived, in modest and expurgated form.

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Lyndon Johnson Was No Friend of Martin Luther King Jr.

We have long known about the F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover’s animus toward the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…

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Two Years Since a Sudden Collapse, Keyontae Johnson Is Proving He’s OK

On Dec. 12, 2020, Keyontae Johnson collapsed during a game. Now, he’s a key member of the Kansas State men’s…

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Why Bother to Make Resolutions if We Don’t Keep Them?

If resolution makers wanted a patron saint, they could do worse than Samuel Johnson (1709-84), a lifelong resolver and by…

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