A rare copy of the United States Constitution that was printed shortly after the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and played a role in the document’s adoption by the original 13 states sold for more than $11 million during a live auction on Thursday evening. The high bid, from a buyer …
Read More »‘Life Is Complicated’: How a Scourge of Oligarchs Fell in Love With One
Feted by many fellow journalists and Western diplomats as a fearless scourge of corrupt oligarchs, Moldova’s most popular television host torched her soaring career and stellar image three years ago with a startling life choice. She fell in love and had a child with one of her country’s most notorious …
Read More »Opinion | One Thing About Trump I Am Not Worried About
Senator JD Vance of Ohio finally has an answer for journalists who ask him who won the 2020 presidential election. Donald Trump. Here is how my newsroom colleagues captured the scene: I am not going to explain, again, the sheer absurdity of Vance’s views, but his comment did get me …
Read More »Opinion | The Marijuana Landscape
To the Editor: Re “Unexpected Problem in the Rise of Marijuana” (front page, Oct. 5): As we navigate the evolving landscape of marijuana legalization, it is crucial to emphasize the need for effective treatment options alongside these reforms. While legal access to cannabis may alleviate burdens on the criminal justice …
Read More »Opinion | The Oliver Sacks I Knew and Loved Once Saw Himself as a Failure
The Oliver Sacks that most of the world knew — the one I fell in love with after we met in 2008, when he was 75 — was the beloved neurologist and the author of many best-selling books, admired worldwide. A forthcoming volume of Oliver’s letters, nearly 350 of them, …
Read More »Opinion | Who Was Looking Out for Liam Payne?
Liam Payne was just 14 when he took his first shot at the big time, trying out for the hit star-making show, “The X Factor.” He was 17 when the show’s judges teamed him up with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — all young, handsome, telegenic-but-relatable …
Read More »Opinion | Is the World Ready for a Religious Comeback?
The heyday of the new atheism in Western life, when anti-God tracts by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens bestrode best-seller lists, did not arrive because brilliant new arguments for God’s nonexistence were suddenly discovered. Rather, it arrived because specific events and deeper forces made the time ripe for unbelief — …
Read More »Opinion | Trump’s Charity Toward None
The cardinal should go to confession. Timothy Dolan let a white-tie charity dinner in New York showcase that most uncharitable of men, Donald Trump. At the annual Al Smith dinner, Dolan suffused the impious Trump in the pious glow of Catholic charities. Dolan looked on with a doting expression as …
Read More »Opinion | American Business Cannot Afford to Risk Another Trump Presidency
Throughout American history, business leaders have been able to assume that an American president of either party would uphold the rule of law, defend property rights and respect the independence of the courts. Implicit in that assumption is a fundamental belief that the country’s ethos meant their enterprises and the …
Read More »Opinion | In Gaza, Sinwar’s Death Alone Won’t Secure the Peace
The question now is: Can Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel be pressured to declare victory and end the war in Gaza? Netanyahu now can take the best kind of offramp. He can savor the killing of Yahya Sinwar — a terrorist with so much Israeli and Palestinian blood on …
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