Ada Calhoun's new book, “Why We Can't Sleep,” focuses specifically on the midlife anxieties facing Gen X women — but a quick look at our other recommended titles this week may leave you wondering how any of us manage to get…
On the morning of December 1, 2018, the vast central plaza in Mexico City was thronged by tens of thousands of people. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a left-wing populist, had just been sworn in as Mexico's 58th president. In his…
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Dwight Garner
– Jan 16, 9:23 AM
The essence of irony, Henry Fowler wrote in “A Dictionary of Modern English Usage,” is that it “postulates a double audience” — one that's in on the joke, and another that isn't. The title of Philip Rucker and…
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Ben Sisario
– Jan 16, 8:01 PM
In the latest tumultuous twist for the Recording Academy, the embattled organization behind the Grammy Awards, the institution's brand-new chief executive, Deborah Dugan, was removed from her position on Friday, just 10 days before this year's…
