Long before I knew his name, I knew Hendrick Avercamp’s paintings. They show a merry Christmassy world of funnily dressed…
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Every Christmas my husband and I pack up ourselves and our now 8-year-old and leave Brooklyn for a visit to…
When you talk to students about social media radicalization, racism and bullying, you learn how desperate they are for some…
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Want to ruin a Democratic strategist’s New Year? Bring up President Biden’s popularity problem with younger voters. The strategist may…
It’s fair to say that 2023 was a good year for blond girl-culture icons with a long history of being…
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He conceived and worked for 20 years — with about 1,000 volunteers — on the Empire State Carousel, featuring more…
The presidential candidate Nikki Haley drew criticism this week for what she didn’t say. As she campaigned in New Hampshire,…