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Class, Cost and College
A new movie’s troubling questions include whether the best schools encourage social mobility or perpetuate privilege.
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Hillary’s Obstacle Course
Between Bill’s soliloquies and Barack’s slump, she’s got problems.
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Read These Lips
One gesture above others makes and measures history, bringing us all face to face.
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Diet Lures and Diet Lies
Dubious elixirs, niche regimens and flawed prophets like Dr. Oz divert us from the unsexy truth.
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Full Screed Ahead
Be it the Isla Vista rampage or the transition at The Times, the event is mere prompt for the exegeses.
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The Theater Beyond the Clintons
Andrew Cuomo confronts a perennial Democratic challenge: placating the left while holding the center.
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Dear Millennials, We’re Sorry
How dare we malign kids or pretend to care about them when our habits and spending endanger their future.
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A Quiet Cheer for Solitude
Modern life and modern politics overlook the virtues of ditching the crowd.
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Naked Confessions of the College-Bound
The raw and revelatory admissions essay reflects the blinding competition to get into elite schools.
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A Grope and a Shrug
With American Apparel’s sexually audacious founder and other prominent men, do we excuse the inexcusable?
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Is Joe Riley of Charleston the Most Loved Politician in America?
In an era of cynicism and stasis, Charleston’s indefatigable mayor talks about how government can and should function.
View ArticlePlato and the Promise of College
One summer school seeks social mobility and better citizens through the classics.
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Grief, Smoke and Salvation
A trailblazing ambassador for Israeli food acknowledges his secrets, his struggle and how the violence of his homeland factored into it all.
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Hillary Clinton, Barbed and Bellicose
It’s clear that she’s in the race. It’s just as clear that she’s in a bind.
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A Battleground and Bellwether
With several tight, emblematic races, Colorado is a major 2014 player.
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The Trouble With Tenure
Teacher job protections are being challenged, and a lawmaker and former school principal explains why that’s good.
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Black, White and Baseball
The man who coached Mo’ne Davis sees the promise of inner-city kids.
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Lost in America
We’ve gone from gumption to gloom, with political implications that are impossible to foretell.
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Between Godliness and Godlessness
Religiously unaffiliated Americans are owed a larger, better vocabulary for their spirituality.
View ArticleObama’s Messy Words
There’s inadequate urgency or reassurance in the president’s language, as Americans gaze with horror at events abroad.
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