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Elon Musk Thought He Could Break History. Instead It Broke Him.

admin12 May 2025

The partnership between the president and the richest man in the world is coming to an end. There is one clear loser in the breakup of this affair, and it is Elon Musk. He fell from grace as effortlessly as he had risen. Like a dime-store Icarus, he ...

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In Trump’s America, Every Parent and Child for Themselves

admin12 May 2025

Last week, President Trump introduced the Special Education Simplified Funding Program as part of his 2026 budget proposal. The president’s budget isn’t binding, but it suggests that the way the administration proposes to allocate funds to the states ...

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The Many Meanings of ‘True’ Religion

admin12 May 2025

More from our inbox: Stop the ElderspeakReligious believers have a renewed power in Washington. Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Religion’s Role, Revisited,” by Lauren Jackson (Sunday Styles, April 20): About a third of ...

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Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk

admin12 May 2025

“Mr. Mitchell, how do we access the punk?” That’s what a student asked at Emerson College in Boston after a recent screening of “Shortbus,” my 2006 film, which chronicles a real-life bohemian New York City art and sex salon scene that flourished ...

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Why We Can’t Escape Alcatraz

admin12 May 2025

When President Trump recently said he wanted to reopen Alcatraz, to “lock up the most dangerous criminals and keep them far away from anyone they could harm,” it was hard to know how seriously to take him. The federal government already houses its ...

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There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This

admin12 May 2025

Early in my medical career, I was shocked to learn that intensive care units are full of patients who never expect to leave the hospital alive. Facing advanced disease and collapsing organ systems, they rely on the miracles of modern technology to ...

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Pope Leo Is All Over the Map, and That’s Driving Some People Crazy

admin12 May 2025

President Trump is no longer the most important American in the world. He is certainly the most powerful, at least for three more years, but power is only one measure of importance. On Thursday, a Chicago native and Villanova University graduate ...

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The Flaws of Being a Perfect Mother

admin11 May 2025

Are you a good mother? If you clicked on this essay, you probably are. You’re no doubt aware that your role is quite important for various health and well-being outcomes, and perhaps you spend time wondering if you are doing it right. That’s just the ...

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Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again?

admin11 May 2025

It feels like a lifetime ago, but when Whitney Wolfe Herd co-founded her first company, the dating app Tinder, the overwhelming feeling about apps and screens and tech in general was optimism. This was 2012, Wolfe Herd was just out of college, and ...

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My Mother and I Bond Over Ignoring Mother’s Day

admin11 May 2025

We never celebrated Mother’s Day when I was growing up. Both my parents came from families that considered the holiday to be phony pageantry that was more about putting money in the pocket of Big Florist than it was about showing love and respect for ...

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