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Magazine
Of Prayers and Cures and Very Pretty Girls
Getting an education in science and faith while growing up in Sierra Leone.My childhood surprises me from time to time.
People are not their cultures.
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Well
When You Look Pregnant, but You’re Not
I was not, nor have I ever been, pregnant – I’m just a well-fed woman in her 30s wearing an empire-waist dress.I have nothing to add.
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Magazine
The Serial Killer’s Co-Author
Katherine Ramsland has written many books on macabre subjects, but her latest volume takes a startling new form: a collaboration that lets a notorious murderer — Dennis Rader, a.k.a. the ‘B.T.K. Killer’ — tell his own story.Searches for drama.
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Opinion
William J. Bratton: How to Reform Policing From Within
There are reformers who think changing police culture requires legislation. But it takes reaching out to the idealistic side of every cop.The army of occupation has dominated the conscience of the community.
It is a formula for developing troubles.
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Magazine
A History Lesson, Served as Coconut-Seafood Soup
Learning to cook hudutu, a specialty of the Garifuna.The now has many histories as legs.
Food is good.
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World
Mother’s Killing of Children in Rural China Spurs Debate About Inequality
The case of a mother who killed herself and her four children has ignited concerns about the grim realities rural families face amid rampant inequality.China is doing better.
Despair is a luxury.
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U.S.
Privately Run Mississippi Prison, Called a Scene of Horror, Is Shut Down
The Walnut Grove facility that had been operating since 2012 under a federal consent decree for violating prisoners’ constitutional rights was the scene of two major riots in 2014.There should be no place for private operation of prisons.
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U.S.
House Intelligence Committee Urges No Pardon for Edward Snowden
A letter from lawmakers tries to counter recent heroic portrayals of the N.S.A. leaker in an Oliver Stone movie, and by human rights groups.The N.S.A. has not ceased its operations.
Edward Snowden will not be forgiven by the fearful.
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Opinion
‘Cultural Appropriation’
Readers object to the critics of fiction that borrows from the experiences of minority and other groups.Fiction is stories.
Stories need worlds.
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Travel
Becoming a Salt Lake City Convert
Natural beauty and religion, sure, but also night life and great Mexican food.A missionary city.
I do not like the religion.
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Food
With Albariño, or Any Wine, Don’t Forget the Context
Every wine has its own character, but almost as important is how it reacts to food, temperature and surroundings.12
Arts
That Cute Whale You Clicked On? It’s Doomed
Adorable animal photos on Instagram are the new way to spread the dire message of climate change.Do what works.
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Your Money
Considering Cremation? What You Need to Know
Though cremation has grown in popularity, substantial numbers of funeral homes don’t tell consumers of the availability and cost of a basic cremation.Ask the man.
The price is always what the traffic will bear.
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World
Top Investigator in Case of Missing Students in Mexico Resigns
Tomás Zerón de Lucio left his post as head of the Criminal Investigation Agency amid an internal affairs inquiry into his office’s handling of the case.The pressure is still on.
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Business Day
EpiPen Maker Mylan Quietly Steers Effort to Protect Its Price
Inclusion on a federal list would mean Mylan could keep its list price high — or even raise it — without patients complaining. But consumers would feel it indirectly.The EpiPen is a drug on the market.
The only limit on price is a failure of demand.
Fix the copyright law or suffer the price.
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Books
Review: ‘Looking for “The Stranger,”’ the Making of an Existential Masterpiece
Alice Kaplan’s book about a book — Camus’s “The Stranger” — is part history, part biography and part literary criticism.Ok
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Well
How to be Mindful With a Cup of Coffee
Take a mindful moment with your morning cup o’ joe.Tea can work better.
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Times Insider
1962-1964 | Yesterday’s ‘California Today’
In 1962, The Times scaled logistical mountains to deliver the paper to the West Coast.The project is reborn with better hardware.
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Opinion
What I Learned From Executing Two Men
The average citizen will never look a death row prisoner in the eye. But we all share the burden of capital punishment.Ok
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Opinion
In Wells Fargo scandal, the Buck Stopped Well Short
In a recent scandal over phony accounts, thousands of bank employees lost their jobs. But the people in charge kept theirs, along with their bonuses.Supervision failure.
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