We invite everybody over that doesn’t have a place to go
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Kamala Harris was a horrible candidate. He, on the contrary, was superb
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Harris lost ground in all demographics except one. Where did Democrats go wrong?
By Amber Duke
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It turns out that just employing the enemy of your enemy isn’t enough
By Ben Domenech
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A new generation armed with microphones and little else takes center stage
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Above all, he is a dealmaker
By Paul Wood
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Will the president-elect rain down the same firestorm on his adversaries that they unleashed on him?
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Do conservatives have the edge with moderates in the trans-rights argument?
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The drive to inspire has been overtaken by the gratuitous need to moralize
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Ten years in an America enslaved to race recrimination
By Ben Domenech
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It’s horrifying how large and how fast-growing the robot companion market is
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People living in the United States have traditionally been pretty philanthropic, but the trend is changing
By Teresa Mull
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You can’t be openly hostile to men for two decades and expect to retain the male vote
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At the National Prayer Breakfast, religious and political leaders unite to pray for an end to their people’s suffering
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We have to look at history and give careful thought to the world’s complexity
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‘People are traditional and normal here’
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The former British PM’s memoir imagines him, like Cincinnatus, leaving his plow, saving Rome, and returning to it. But perhaps Alcibiades would fit him better
By Peter Jones
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From beloved country to rogue democracy — and back again?
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Books + Arts
Karla’s Choice plays out as a clever, loving, sporadically tongue-in-cheek addition to the very best of John le Carré’s work
By A.S.H. Smyth
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Why did the Being There writer’s life come to resemble a fairground rollercoaster?
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The author skewered the pretensions of would-be intellectual travelers
By Tomoé Hill
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The artist’s path to success was long and arduous, paved with heartbreak and poverty
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The biopic made its star Robert Downey Jr.’s name. But its production was as eventful as any Chaplin picture
By William Boyd
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I recall nothing of our lunch conversation, which has evaporated after fifty years. But I do have a clear memory of the icon of cinema
By Algy Cluff
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Life
As a father you are part prison guard, three parts beat cop
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The wonderfully idiosyncratic sporting variant achieved extraordinary popularity in rural Iowa
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The road to hell, as they say, is paved with good intentions
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Our staff and regulars help you spread goodwill to all men
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Place
There’s a fairytale quality that permeates this land
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The city’s horse race is as mad as it is old
By Orson Fry
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Food and Drink
Things going wrong are an opportunity for the magic to happen
By Jane Stannus
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The trip ended with oysters, scallops and steak tartare at Le Stella, a cozy neighborhood bistro, and a peaceful train ride home
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What if I told you that some of the most spectacular wines in Italy were made from the Cabernets (Sauvignon and Franc) and Merlot?
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How the South Park guys rescued a local icon of their childhoods and mine
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And Finally
The first hurdle: how to get the sleep right to avoid jetlag
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Kingsley Amis, in a letter to The Spectator in 1995, attributed to ‘fastidiousness’ the rise of tidbit in preference to titbit
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