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Hillary in 2016? Not So Fast

Democrats can cheer and pundits can lay their bets, but it’s an awkward moment for political royalty like Mrs. Clinton.

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Violence, Greed and the Gridiron

With its savage culture and wrecked bodies and minds, America’s most popular sport may also be its least conscionable.

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The Extra Legroom Society

It’s not just airplanes. Increasingly, America is a land with precise microclimates of exclusivity.

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Running Battles

Pat Conroy’s family memoir centers on his father, the inspiration for “The Great Santini.”

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More Fun With Bill & Hill

How much pre-presidential plotting goes into Bill Clinton’s post-presidential interventions?

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Cheney Family Values

Liz Cheney’s stated opposition to gay marriage smacks of calculation and callousness.

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Are Kids Too Coddled?

Tougher education standards like the Common Core may require a tough love that some parents and educators don’t like.

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The Families We Invent

Well outside the usual definition of kin are bonds with as much meaning, magic and stamina.

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The Bible as Bludgeon

In heated political campaigns, there’s inadequate separation of church and state.

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The Sweet Caress of Cyberspace

Technology at once validates and erases us, blurring the line between flesh and figment.

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The Catholics Still in Exile

Pope Francis’ words are gentle, but the church’s treatment of some employees remains harsh, impeding the outreach to disaffected Catholics.

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Upon This Burger

In a food obsessive’s quick riches lies a recipe for modern success.

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Waiting for Wonder Woman

Despite strides in 2013 and the miracle that is Jennifer Lawrence, Hollywood still owes us more heroines than we get.

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For 2014, Tweet Less, Read More

There’s instant expression and then there’s real contemplation, which is the route to healthier debate.

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One Marine’s Dying Wish

The military found dishonor in Hal Faulkner’s homosexuality. He didn’t want that senseless verdict to survive him.

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Football’s Devastating Harvest

Emblematic of yet another brutal season in the N.F.L., the Chiefs-Colts game was at once breathtaking and queasy-making.

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The ‘I’ in Christie’s Storm

In politics, it’s best to work some “we” into the me, me me.

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According Animals Dignity

There’s ample evidence of a whole new respect for the feelings of the furry and the finned.

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The Cruelest Pregnancy

A Texas law has turned a brain-dead woman into an incubator. How does that honor life?

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The Obama-Bush Nexus

Our last two presidents entered a profession of crowds and commotion without a robust appetite for either.

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