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Credit Ben Wiseman – New York Times


Why This Election Terrifies Me

Why This Election Terrifies Me

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tuesday nears, after such epic ugliness. “It’s almost over,” friends say. “We’ll finally be done with this.” What a lovely thought. What a naïve fantasy. There’s no end here, just a punctuation mark, a measly comma between the rancor that has built...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool photo via Associated Press)


Russia may be Wounded, but it can Still Bite

Russia may be Wounded, but it can Still Bite

Whoever wins Tuesday’s presidential election will face an assertive, aggrieved Russia whose risk-taking behavior under President Vladimir Putin is increasingly worrisome to U.S. experts. Today’s pushy, headstrong Russia presents a paradox: By most measures, it is a...
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Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times


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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at their second presidential debate, on Oct. 9. Credit Aaron P. Bernstein. Rick Wilking/Reuters/ZUMA Press. ick Wilking/Reuters/ZUMA Press.


When Hillary and Donald Were Friends

When Hillary and Donald Were Friends

The Clintons started their move to New York from Washington in 2000, so Hillary could pursue her bid for the United States Senate and fly on her own after the Monica Lewinsky scandal. She had never lived in New York, but carpetbagging was no sin to cosmopolitan New...
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An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel