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Roger Rosenblatt

My Wife Is 85. She Takes My Breath Away.

The old ladies that I know have a grace and stature that only long years of hoping and striving — and living — can bestow.

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Older Women Are in Demand by Younger Men

What a shift in the dating preferences of younger men reveals about our changing norms.

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Linda Greenhouse

I Almost Never Predict Supreme Court Outcomes. Trump Will Lose This Case.

This immigration case is really about procedure.

M. Gessen

A Stunning New Verdict Rewrites the Rules of Corporate Morality

The profit motive was on trial. The verdict was scathing.

Maureen Dowd

The Pope Bedevils Trump

A higher authority finally tells Trump he’s no messiah.

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