The first teaser has been unveiled for “Early Days,” a Mumbai-set drama about the perils of influencer culture that will world premiere at the Red Sea International Film…
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Read more Your Phone Is a Mindfulness TrapRepublicans have had 10 months to hammer out a coherent post-Roe message on abortion. You would think they’d have nailed it by now. Yet on Tuesday, Nikki Haley…
Read more Nikki Haley’s Dilemma Is Also the Republicans’ ProblemWhile her wife was pregnant with their son, Aimee MacDonald took an unusual step of preparing her own body for the baby’s arrival. First she began taking hormones,…
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Read more Donald Trump Is on the Wrong Side of the Religious RightUpdated at 2:45 p.m. on March 21, 2023 Last week, the ongoing debate about COVID-19’s origins acquired a new plot twist. A French evolutionary biologist stumbled across a…
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Read more The ‘End’ of COVID Is Still Far Worse Than We ImaginedIf Donald Trump committed crimes on his way out of the White House, he should be subject to the same treatment as any other alleged criminal. The reason…
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