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Why We Let Fads Dictate What We Eat
For a few weeks last fall, I was eating a deflated rectangle made of cottage cheese, eggs and shredded Cheddar every day for lunch. When this unholy concoction first came out of the oven, it would seem so fluffy and filled with promise; warm and …
Who Has to Get Rid of Radon: Me or My HOA?
It likely depends on your governing documents. But the homeowners’ association either has to solve the problem, or let you solve it.
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their predatory ring and sued Prince Andrew for sexual assault.
Can Trump Still Kill Congestion Pricing After U.S. Lawyers Showed Doubt?
An embarrassing disclosure by federal lawyers revealed the weaknesses in the government’s bid to end the New York toll program. It could mark a turning point in the case.
One Family’s Relentless Pursuit Of The Bony, Oily, Elusive Shad
To those who cast their nets into the Delaware River each spring, hoping for a bounty of shad, it’s a tradition worth saving.
Trump’s Vicious Sewing Circle
I was already feeling queasy about the Trump administration when I saw that the Agriculture Department was withdrawing a Biden-era proposal meant to reduce salmonella in poultry. So besides making us jittery — and “yippy” — the Trump gang is trying …
American Values Are Threatened by the American President
As the Trump administration disappears immigrants into foreign prisons and sees this as a source of American strength, I think back to when my dad was disappeared, why he came to America and, indeed, why I exist. My dad’s journey through war and …
America’s Tough Guy in Chief Is Making America Weak
Provoking your enemies, alienating your friends and actively sabotaging your own defenses is no one’s idea of a sound national security plan. And yet, this is the playbook that President Trump has apparently followed over the first 100 days of his …
Thoughts on Better Thinking
Readers on reading: Responses to David Brooks’s column about the state of literacy in America.
Why Is Trump Struggling? His Administration Is Too Black-Pilled.
If a striking thing about the period just before Donald Trump’s second inauguration was the feeling that America was genuinely shifting to the right — wokeness crumbling, more minority voters and elite factions joining the G.O.P., every branch of …