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The ‘Autopen Presidency’ Is a Pardon Scandal
The power has become synonymous with corruption. Source link
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Wind and Solar Blackouts Threaten New England
Blue states could see a cold winter when environmental initiatives fail to warm them. Source link
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Glories of the Gilded Age, at Chicago’s Driehaus Museum
For opulence on every front — furniture, fixtures, bric-a-brac, and paintings — it’s hard to top the Driehaus. Source link
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‘We Are the Fruits of the Forest’ Review: Rithy Panh Insightfully Captures Another Facet of Cambodia’s Marginalized Peoples
Rithy Panh can credibly hold the title of both Cambodia’s most important film director and one of the greatest documentarians alive. A…
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‘Harry Chapin — Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives’ Review: The Story of the Tune That Turned Daddy Issues Into Mythology
Those of us who grew up with fathers who weren’t there for us tended to feel, at the time, like we were the only ones on the planet who…
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On Donald Trump’s Virtues
Trump’s many and well-known vices should not leave us unable to see that the man also has his virtues. Source link
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Michael Mann Finally Goes Away
The climate scientist tried to trample our free-speech rights, and failed. Source link
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Trump Should Back Doctor Visits for Abortion Drugs
Joe Biden discarded a policy that had stood for nearly all of Barack Obama’s presidency and all of Trump’s first term. Source link
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Yes, Test Our Nukes
It would represent an advance for the U.S. nuclear deterrent and a victory of common sense over superstition. Source link
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Trump’s Cease-Fire with China
It was probably the best that could be expected from the bad options. Source link
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This Halloween, Treat Yourself to a Neglected Horror Masterpiece
The Empty Man is the rarest of films in the genre — one whose horror comes from its ideas, not jump scares. Source link
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Virginians Now Know Exactly Who Jay Jones Is
Every so often, a reporter uncovers information that pierces a candidate’s consultant-spun veil and exposes their true character. Source…
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We Need a President to Make Congress Great Again
So long as the congressional parties are just pawns or enemies of the president, only a president can restore Congress. Source link
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The Week: Trump, Xi, and the Art of the Deal
Plus: Remembering Lost in Space’s June Lockhart. Source link
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Where’s the Off-Year Blue Wave?
Democratic nominees should be easily dominating their contests next week, but polls suggest that’s not the case. Source link
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Auction Bids Against Polarization
A moral human comedy restores what’s been stolen from us. Source link
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‘The Captive’ Review: ‘Don Quixote’s’ Author Becomes the Hero in a Handsome Historical Fiction
“The Captive” offers the intriguing concept of “Don Quixote’s” author viewed through a lens more redolent of “Arabian Nights,” spinning…
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‘I Am Frankelda’ Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Is an Ambitious Gothic Musical
For its painstaking physicality alone, stop-motion is inherently impressive as an animation technique, no matter the scale or budgetary…
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‘Father’ Review: A Devastating Study in Guilt and Grief Is Anchored by an Earth-Shattering Performance
With cruel ease, human error can transform normal life into a living purgatory. A sudden car collision or a bad fall can drastically upend…
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Humility Revisited: On Being Conservative
Populists are as vulnerable to magical thinking as ideologized elites, and just as prone to rash action. Source link
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The Times Does Republican Jack Ciattarelli a Favor
Is it MAGA to want plastic bags back? Source link
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A Time for Choosing on Antisemitism
Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with Nick Fuentes makes it impossible to ignore the right’s festering antisemitism problem. Source link
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The Big Nothing
A House of Dynamite succeeds as a piece of exploratory journalism but fails as a drama. Source link