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A Tokyo Taxi Driver Is Charged With Running Down a Pigeon
The arrest of the 50-year-old driver highlighted the strict law in Japan against harming the birds, even if they take…
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Explaining the South on Instagram, One Custom at a Time
If you had a certain kind of upbringing in the South, you likely know the strict hierarchy that dictates who…
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The Artists We Lost in 2023, in Their Words
The many creative people who died this year built their wisdom over lives generously long or much too short, through…
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A Christmas Tale of Love and Heartbreak
My mom raised hell at her Catholic high school in the 1950s. Carol smoked, skipped class and talked back to…
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The Joy of Communal Girlhood; the Anguish of Teen Girls
OK, I’ll admit it. When I first learned of hot girl walks, I tried it: Go on a walk, think…
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Giuliani Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Rudolph Giuliani filed papers in federal bankruptcy court in New York, listing debts including big legal fees, unpaid taxes and…
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A Christmas Gift From the Bond Market
It’s been a strange few days on the Donald Trump front: He said something about himself that I actually believe…
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‘Real Women Have Curves’ and ‘Heart Sellers’: Snapshots of Immigrant Lives
A musical adaptation of “Curves” and a play about two Asian women becoming friends both look at immigrants’ experiences, with…
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Our Semicolons, Ourselves
When I go through students’ papers and flag the misplaced modifiers, note the clichés or explain that a 15-sentence paragraph…
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Kathy Hourigan Is Retiring, but Not From Robert Caro
What books are on your night stand? Still there, because I just finished it, is “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar, a…