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GANDALF AND SARUMAN (opens the original)
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America’s Sweetheart (opens the original)
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It's not the right photo, but then I don't know which one would be right. It's not every day you're invited to honor a transcendent artist and human whose time with us has passed. We’re lonelier without her. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height
Lindsay Clancy and Andrea Yates (opens the original)
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I have no opinion about how the jury should rule in the case of Lindsay Clancy, who’s being tried in Massachussetts for the January, 2023 murders of her three children. The defense claims she’s innocent by reason of insanity in the form of post-partum depression or psychosis; the prosecution portrays her as having performed the killings “coldly and calculatingly.” The facts of the children’s deaths aren’t in question. At issue is Ms. Clancy’s state of mind and what bearing it may have on her gui
Bill Cassidy's Tears (opens the original)
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There’s no official count of U.S. senators who’ve broken down on the Senate floor, but it seems to happen most often during farewell addresses. Retirement is an emotional occasion. Bill Cassidy (R. LA) broke down while announcing that he would vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General of the United States. His vote, unlike those of all but four of his fellow Republicans, was in suspense for a while, Cassidy having expressed misgivings about a nominee widely judged to be the least qualifie
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