Voices
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Beyoncé, Lizzo: When ‘Black girl magic’ grows up
Words like “superstar” and “icon” get tossed around all too easily nowadays. It’s like younger people have heard us use the terms and want…
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Gun-control efforts draw bead on wrong target
Who would deny America has a gun problem? Either you think there are way too many on the streets or you think somebody somewhere…
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A little bit of uncertainty in one’s life is healthy
It is Friday, and we’re in Italy — actually a small, sun-bleached town called Fiumicino. It is early, and Susan and I are awaiting…
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There’s a simple fix for getting things back on track
Call me crazy, but I think there’s only one thing that will make people around the country, maybe around the world, feel better after…
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The unhappy war is largely forgotten
It is Wednesday and I’m in Umbertide, Umbria — a town and a province in the warm and (currently) dry hill country just north…