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This Photograph Demands an Answer

If you don’t look too closely you might think the photograph is a dimly lit snapshot from a slumber party…

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Searching for Humanity in the Middle East

We’re living through an era of collapsing paradigms. The conceptual frames that many people use to organize their understanding of…

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Margaret Renkl Writes in the Space Between Grief and Hope

In her most recent book, “The Comfort of Crows,” Renkl puts her admirable powers of perception to use, offering readers…

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If You Can Take the Cable Car to the Colosseum, You’re in Vietnam

The country is in the middle of a cable-car bonanza, much of it driven by the over-the-top developments of the…

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Watch the Orionids Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak Tonight

On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across…

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The Essential Skills for Being Human

If you ever saw the old movie “Fiddler on the Roof,” you know how warm and emotional Jewish families can…

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You Can Look Inside a Black Hole. I’ll Show You How.

How do we learn something new, something we do not yet know? One way, of course, is through experience. This…

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With the World in Crisis, House Republicans Bicker Among Themselves

Despite conflicts overseas and an approaching deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republicans are unable to rise above their internal…

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What to Know as the U.K. Appeals a Ruling on Its Asylum Policy

Britain’s Supreme Court determined earlier this year that the Conservative government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful.

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Wonking Out: Are High Interest Rates the New Normal?

Goodbye, inflation. Hello, unsustainable debt. If you’ve spent any substantial amount of time engaged in discourse about the economy —…

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