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RE “IN 1989, THE WORLD Chose Peace” [Nov. 11]: The true desire for arms reduction and world peace that Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev showed in the 1980s has always struck me as one of the most inspiring efforts of bilateral diplomacy. With the

FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS, THE UNREST IN Hong Kong has followed a rhythm. On weekends, the Chinese-ruled enclave would convulse with pro-democracy protests. During the workweek, the acrid haze of tear gas would clear and life moved on, though the revolut

Lens on the stars I REMEMBER TERRY O’NEILL AS A NATTY dresser with a cockney accent, which was all the rage in the late 1950s, when Terry replaced me as a photographer at the London Daily Sketch and I moved to the London Daily Express. That was one o

I AM AFRAID FOR DR. TEDROS’ SAFETY. The World Health Organization Director-General and I are walking from the WHO’s midtown-Manhattan offices to the nearby U.N. campus, where Tedros is participating in the U.N. General Assembly. As we cross avenues a

IF YOU LEARNED ABOUT THANKSGIVING IN AN AMERICAN elementary school, chances are you learned that the holiday commemorates how the Pilgrims of Plymouth, Mass., fresh off the Mayflower, celebrated the harvest by enjoying a potluck-style dinner with the

ON MARCH 29, 2003, AT A WEDDING RECEPTION IN THE HARVARD FACULTY Club, Lawrence W. Reed gave a toast in honor of the friend whom he was serving as best man—one Joseph P. Overton. Overton had worked at Dow Chemical; he had since become an executive at

“HAS CANCEL CULTURE GONE TOO FAR?” THE QUESTION FELT IMPOSsible to ignore this year. Google it and you’ll see pages of op-eds, often concluding, yes, it has gone too far, and the Internet mob is out of control. Cancel culture became so central to the

It was nearly impossible to check social media over the summer and miss the Area 51 fervor. Yes, that old conspiracy theory. While folklore surrounding the Nevada Air Force base has permeated pop culture for decades, a new Instagram-fueled trend of e

WHEN THE RIDE-SHARING APP LYFT RANG THE opening bell at its IPO in March, pink confetti rained down on the trading floor, a reference to the company’s current pink logo more than its long-retired one: a furry pink mustache that sat atop drivers’ cars

The young people now in high school, college and just spilling out into the workplace, part of Generation Z, are frustrated, angry and scared. In 2019, their exasperation broke out in a firestorm of just two words: “OK Boomer.” The meme came about as

EVERY MORNING, MRS. CHEN DONS HER BRIGHT PURPLE TAI CHI pajamas and joins the dozen or so other members of Hongmen Martial Arts Group for practice outside Chongqing’s Jiangnan Stadium. But a few months ago, she was in such a rush to join their whirli

For two weeks this summer, the entire country seemed to have the same craving. This was particularly impressive considering it was for a food that most of us had not tried yet. Made with just four ingredients (brioche bun, fried chicken, pickles and

UNDER THE BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTS OF A LONDON EXHIBITION SPACE, an instructor asks those who identify as extremely anxious about climate change to go to the far side of the room. Those who don’t should stay closer to her. Soon, she is mostly alone; 30 ft

THE COWBOY HAS LONG BEEN one of America’s most potent symbols. Strivers have taken inspiration from rugged frontier warriors who embodied American individualism, creativity and the quest for manifest destiny. For the most part, these icons have been

We live in an era of both peak self-salesmanship and peak self-protection. Why be a real person, with glorious flaws and eccentricities, when it’s easier to curate a persona on Instagram? Why risk an encounter with a fellow human when you can just sh

FOR DECADES, MOST COMPANIES WENT TO GREAT lengths to avoid opining on social issues. No longer. After a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in August, the retailer said it would stop selling ammunition for military-style assault rifles. Pat

THE HOTEL BALLROOM IS PACKED WHEN THE SPOKEN-WORD POET Staceyann Chin takes the stage on a Saturday morning in late October. At least 1,100 mostly women and nonbinary people of color have filled the vast space in the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta in antic

WE LIVE IN ODD ATHLETIC TIMES. LOSING HAS never been this fashionable. Look no further than the 2019 Miami Dolphins, who, as the season was about to kick off, traded two starters for a haul of future draft picks. The Dolphins decided, in modern parla

THIS YEAR, NEW ZEALAND BECAME THE FIRST NATION TO formally drop gross domestic product (GDP) as its main measure of economic success. The government of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the budget would aim not at maximizing GDP but instead at maxim

To read more about TIME’s Best Inventions, go to time.com/bestinventions2019 Watergen GENNY Whether you’re in a developing country or on the scene of a natural disaster, water is usually the No. 1 need in times of crisis. Watergen, an Israeli company

Colson Whitehead Inspired by a Florida news story, the Pulitzer Prize winner imagines two black boys fighting to survive a juvenile reformatory in the Jim Crow South. Like The Underground Railroad, this book draws from U.S. history to underscore the

Patrick Radden Keefe Keefe delivers a strong example of how to take a brutal crime (the murder of a mother of 10 in 1972 Northern Ireland) and use it to tell, in page after gripping page, a much larger history—delving into the IRA, the British occupa

Your book What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence has 13 pages of acknowledgments. But I was most struck that you included your therapist. How long have you been in therapy, and how has that helped you? My internist referred me to a thera