Whatever happens, one side will judge that democracy has failed
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There is no proposition that carries a higher risk and lower reward than the family portrait
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The longer the spasm of investigative reporting goes on, the more desperate it sounds
By Ben Domenech
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Rejecting populism led the post-Reagan GOP to defeat and disaster
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During the febrile peak, now two special counsels ago, I was the one facing a chance of getting locked up
By Sam Patten
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It used to be said that America was a young country, naive, perhaps, but bristling with youthful energy and optimism
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The so-called ‘equity lens’ is hindering help for people living rough
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Taiwanese officials talk tough. Are they as prepared as they claim?
By Zoe Strimpel
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Corporate diversity efforts have backfired — and elitism is to blame
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One rabbi’s decision to ordain a woman inspired others to follow suit — and triggered an apoplectic backlash
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It can be harder to earn and keep money if you’re a conservative. Hence the need for an alternative
By Amber Duke
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Berlin may be the only city in the world whose entire tourist industry is predicated upon repentance
By Rod Liddle
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The list of topics on which the government and mass media feel called to protect us from ‘disinformation’ is very long
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Books + Arts
How did the woman who taught a generation to stand up to the Ministry of Magic betray liberal orthodoxy?
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The Fraud is a consciously (but not self-consciously) literary novel
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The real science of searching in nature is the most interesting — and disturbing — part of Lankford’s account
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At the end of Burn it Down, it’s hard not to wish that the industry could simply be shut down and rebooted all over again
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In Necessary Trouble the historian and former president of Harvard has given us a clear-eyed account of a vexed era
By Adam Begley
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Apple TV+ will not be the next Netflix, and that is the whole point
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When I look at the Hitchcock movies, I don’t see icy detachment. Instead what strikes me is their intimacy, gentleness and passion
By Mark Cousins
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The musical is like the disco ball that spins above its audience: beautiful but fractured. And, at its core, hollow
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Artist Alberto Guerrero’s career has been driven by a desire to look for what is behind everything that we perceive at present
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Life
It seems like half of London is stoned on something
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We couldn’t leave the Electric City without a drive-by of the house in which native son Joe Biden spent his first decade
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And how it prevents us from recognizing and confronting the preeminent danger facing the West today
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Whether it’s the perils of child stardom, booze, drugs or relationship issues, the sixty-four-year-old has been there and back again
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It has been more than a century since baseball had such a double threat
By Kevin Cook
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Place
Belgium’s capital offers a stimulating and baffling mix of fast and slow
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Food and Drink
There’s a reason the Moscow mule remains one of America’s most popular cocktails
By Jane Stannus
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With simple swaps, along with additions of mild vegetables like spinach, mushrooms, and zucchini, almost any meal can become more nutritious
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A good bar is as private as a confessional
By Eric Hanson
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My relationship with food helped me to understand the richness of the cultures that claimed me
By Raj Tawney
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Sitting out on a balcony in the afternoon, armed with the Chablis and a bowl of Kalamata olives, I was at peace
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And Finally
I wonder whether it’s in fact a kind of Campari for children, or for adults who don’t want to be challenged by anything interesting
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Today, J.K. Rowling is the most famous person to say a woman is different from a trans woman
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