Opinion
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Let the Salmon Run Free
In his 1937 book, “Kennebec: Cradle of Americans,” the poet Robert Tristram Coffin called Maine’s sprawling river a “paradise for…
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No, Americans Are Not Completely Stupid About Inflation
Stefanie Stantcheva was 11 years old in 1997 when annual inflation in Bulgaria, the country from which she and her…
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South Africa Is Becoming Something New, and It’s Not Good
The ceremony went virtually unnoticed. On an overcast April day in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered…
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The Stench of Climate Change Denial
This may sound a bit weird, but when I think about my adolescent years, I sometimes associate them with the…
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The Cicadas Are Here. You Have Nothing to Fear.
By Margaret Renkl Produced by Kristina Samulewski They’re noisy and clumsy, and there are a trillion of them. Take a…
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Justices’ ‘Disturbing’ Ruling in South Carolina Gerrymandering Case
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A Tiny Museum Takes the High Road and Shows the Way Forward
When the Nashville Scene held its first annual “You Are So Nashville If” contest in 1989, the winning entry read,…
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My Life in the Brat Pack, Reconsidered
When I was a very young man I became very successful very quickly in a string of movies. It was…
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‘Accordion Hands’ and ‘Caterpillar Eyebrows’: Trump Meets the Female Gaze
When Donald Trump is relaxed — or as relaxed as someone can be while on trial for 34 felony counts…
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Steph Curry Is Growing Older. I Am, Too.
A few weeks ago, as I watched the Golden State Warriors submit to a humiliating defeat by the Sacramento Kings,…