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    Jan 3

    News organizations — including The New York Times — shoulder much of the blame for the moral panic that cast mothers with crack addictions as irretrievably depraved and the worst enemies of their children.

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  2. Fake history repeats itself in this Monty-Python inspired column by

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  3. My mind is too afraid of thinking nothing during yoga, so it goes into overdrive

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  4. 5 hours ago

    "To stay motivated in my busy life, I rely on my smartphone to deliver the daily news, even when I’m halfway across the world"

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  5. 6 hours ago

    “Breathe into the pain,” the yoga teacher says, and I think of corpses I’ve seen in recent years

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  6. 6 hours ago

    There are roughly 6.5 million Jews in Israel. There are roughly 5.7 million Jews in America. Increasingly, they see the world in starkly different ways.

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  7. 6 hours ago

    "Age is no barrier to anything, really.” A 92-year-old Australian racewalking phenomenon has some lessons for the rest of us about aging well. by

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  8. 7 hours ago

    Anyone who raises concerns about the health risks of using pot may be mocked as a modern-day believer in “Reefer Madness”

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    Tucker Carlson wants to know: What have the elites ever done for America? I channel Monty Python for an answer:

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  10. 7 hours ago

    The world will miss Amos Oz, writes @NYTCohen

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  11. 7 hours ago

    Why hadn't the M.T.A. consider a plan to avoid a shutdown of the L train tunnel under the East River? Good question.

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  12. 8 hours ago

    What the proliferation of "morality clauses" could mean for free speech and literature

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  13. 8 hours ago

    What we have to learn from Monty Python's Life of Brian, 40 years after its debut

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  14. 8 hours ago

    "I cannot become complacent just because one part of Congress might push back, finally, against an unruly, careless president. Never. There is still too much at stake."

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  15. 9 hours ago

    "Can't say I get tingly when I see a lawn sign reading 'Hate is not welcome here,' but I do feel comforted. And isn't it good right now to know where people stand?" asks a reader in a comment on David Brooks's column, "The Morality of Selfism."

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  16. 9 hours ago

    There’s a New Year’s tradition among bird-watchers: The first bird you see on New Year’s Day is your sprit bird for the year. by

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  17. 9 hours ago

    "You can't provide black kids a substandard K-12 education and then try to make up for that with a couple of points when they attempt to apply for college," writes a commenter on Gary Gutting's Q&A on affirmative action and college admissions.

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  18. Why should anyone get away with being a racist or sexist jerk? If a loudmouth suffers from a backlash, doesn't he deserve it?

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  19. With large studies in peer-reviewed journals showing that marijuana increases the risk of psychosis and schizophrenia, the scientific literature around the drug is far more negative than it was 20 years ago, writes

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    We know how best to help pregnant women and moms who use drugs, for their own wellbeing and that of their children. Kasey Dischman’s story illustrates how often those best practices are ignored in the rush to punish these women.

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  21. What have the elites done for us? Monty Python helps us count the ways.

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