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Dear Abby: Poem of forgiveness still resonates
Abigail Van Buren
Dear Abby: While doing some house cleaning, I came across a column of yours that I had clipped and tucked away. On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, Decide to Forgive. I was struck by ...[Continue Reading]
Boston Herald
over 1 year ago
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New York sues Kalshi over alleged illegal gambling operation
Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun
New York has sued prediction market platform Kalshi, alleging it operates an illegal, unlicensed gambling business by offering event contracts on sports, elections and other outcomes. The lawsuit se ...[Continue Reading]
Cointelegraph
1 day ago
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Transcript: Trump Blurted Out Vile Plot to Censor ABCand It Backfired
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Sargent: So I think theres a big question here about whether Trump is succeeding or not in cowing the news media. And theres like a lot of fatalism out there about this. And I get that, right? You lo ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
1 day ago
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Why Is It So Hard to Ban Child Marriage?
Sarah Jones
On July 1, law enforcement in Vinton County, Ohio, made a horrifying discovery. Four adults were keeping 16 children confined to a single 12-by-12-foot room in a filthy house. The oldest child, an 18 ...[Continue Reading]
New York Magazine
1 day ago
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Wendy Wassersteins Prescient Play
Rhoda Feng, Richard Brody, Marina Harss, Vince Aletti, Sheldon Pearce, Madeleine Wulfahrt, Rachel Syme
Wendy Wassersteins An American Daughter (revived, by La Femme Theatre Productions, at the Pershing Square Signature Center, now in previews) harks back to a more hopeful era. The play opened on Broad ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
1 day ago
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The Outlandish Case Against James Comey
Ruth Marcus
Of all the prosecutions of Donald Trumps enemies, the case against James Comey has always stood out for its tragicomic excess. The story begins in May of 2025, when Comey, vacationing on a North Caro ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
1 day ago