In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he’d lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became sober that December, with help from 12-step meetings. But he also struggled with overeating, which he views as another addiction. Stress from the pandemic caused him to gain more than 40 pounds …

Hosted by Michelle CottleRoss Douthat and Carlos Lozada Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have been neck and neck in the polls for weeks. But past elections have proved the polls wrong. Can we …

Cindy Jager was the lone worker on duty in the crammed aisles of an old-fashioned variety store overflowing with hardware and party supplies and fake pumpkins. When I came across her, she was carefully rearranging cleaning products on a back shelf of the shop in Walker, Mich. When I brought …

Toward the end of his tenure, Gen. Mark Milley, who was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2023, told Bob Woodward of The Washington Post that Donald Trump was a fundamental threat to the safety and integrity of the United States. “No one has ever …

Reading the news that Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s pitiless leader, had been killed on Wednesday by Israeli forces in southern Gaza, I had the same sense of elation so many people felt when Osama bin Laden was killed. To take satisfaction in the violent end of another human being, even an …

Fugetsu-Do has been making mochi for most of the past 121 years.It’s kept the tradition alive through Japanese American internment, urban renewal and Covid.For generations, the store has helped anchor the culture of a neighborhood marked by displacement.How Fugetsu-Do Survived the Evolution of Little Tokyo How Fugetsu-Do Survived the Evolution …

A quarter-century before Israel was founded, the Zionist leader Zeev Jabotinsky articulated an idea that has come to define the way Israelis protect their country. A Jewish state, he wrote in 1923, would succeed only by projecting enough strength to force its enemies to accept it as a permanent reality. …

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When the Universal Orlando Resort opened its first Harry Potter rides in June 2010, people waited six hours in 90 degree heat just to get in the gate. Demand overran expectations for months, leaving some visitors with a gridlocked vacation they vowed never to repeat. Universal, hoping to avoid similar …