I’m beginning to feel sorry for sympathy. It was once such an honorable impulse. Humble, sincere, caring. Sympathy was meant for people who suffered or had less. In its most modest form, a sympathy card sent to people in grieving. But sympathy has …
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Sian Leah Beilock was playing goalkeeper for an elite soccer team in California, part of the Olympic development program, when she became aware that one of the national coaches was standing behind the net, scrutinizing her performance. Soon after …
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White House and Wall Street estimates suggested the economy could withstand a brief shutdown, with risks mounting the longer it lasts.
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Every Tuesday and Friday morning I have a new nemesis. I never know this person’s name and I barely look at their face. I couldn’t pick them out of a lineup. But I have my eyes fixed on their treadmill to make sure they’re not going faster than I am …
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On Sunday, Donald Trump sent shock waves through the Republican primary when an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” aired in which he said that Ron DeSantis did a “terrible thing” and made a “terrible mistake” when he signed …
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In his 26th-floor office, high above Midtown Manhattan, James L. Dolan sits on a white couch by a large desk and armoire decorated with family photographs, with an electric guitar on a stand in the corner. His eyes are trained on a wall-mounted …
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Now at their highest level in 11 months, they can complicate the Federal Reserve’s campaign to rein in inflation.
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The New York City comptroller is auditing a no-bid $432 million migrant-services contract, and is weighing whether to scrap the mayor’s blanket approval to enter such contracts.
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Americans have continued spending despite dwindling savings and inflation. But retailers worry resuming loan payments could push some over the edge.
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Judging from the emails I get, a lot of readers of this newsletter are sympathetic to the degrowth movement, which holds that humanity must suppress economic and population growth to save the planet. So you probably won’t like the book I’m writing …
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