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Justice Alito’s Blame-the-Wife Defense Never Goes Out of Style
By now, you’ve surely seen the latest round of high-end wife-blaming in Washington. In seeking to shift their own controversies…
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The Tawdry Decade of Trump Could Desensitize Any Juror
Not long after Donald Trump was criminally charged in four state and federal cases last year, many people who want…
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Supreme Court Appears Sharply Divided in Emergency Abortion Case
The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided on Wednesday over whether federal law should allow doctors to perform emergency abortions in…
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Trump Makes His Third Try This Week to Delay Manhattan Trial
Donald J. Trump asked an appeals court — again — to stave off his prosecution on charges that he faked…
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Jeff Schaffer and Susie Essman on the ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Finale
In an interview, Jeff Schaffer and Susie Essman discuss the final episode and why Larry David decided to revive the…
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Why the Two-State Solution Isn’t a Solution at All
After 176 days, Israel’s assault on Gaza has not stopped, and has expanded into what Human Rights Watch has declared…
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What Makes a Coincidence Meaningful?
There are two kinds of people in the world: People who say, “What a coincidence,” and people who say, “Just…
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Missing the Gay Best Friend
In film and on TV, he was a sign of cultural progress. Then he was a tired stereotype. Then he…
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A Fresh Look at a Sensational 1843 Murder Case and Its Fallout
In “The Witch of New York,” Alex Hortis revisits a Staten Island case that helped usher in a lurid new…
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How Hurray for the Riff Raff Learned the Power of the Present
Almost a year after the sudden death of Alynda Segarra’s father, the sight of a Bronx-bound subway entrance made the…