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David Von Drehle

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How a fluke trivia question at age 17 changed the course of my life

31.07.2025 40

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Tom Lehrer was the face of the real 1950s

29.07.2025 100

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Dire predictions about renewable energy were all wrong

22.07.2025 20

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Neither snow nor pandemic stops the nation’s first miracle

11.07.2025 5

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How a shadowy conspiracy turned MAGA against Trump and Bondi

11.07.2025 20

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We are eating the Earth. The result will be catastrophic.

02.07.2025 6

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The Social Security disaster is near. For real this time.

24.06.2025 70

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A bully vs. a socialist? New York’s mayoral race is lost in the wilderness.

19.06.2025 10

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Musk vs. Trump: Who’s afraid of creating havoc?

06.06.2025 10

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An ode to a monumental film — and a lesson for 2025

28.05.2025 30

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Dear future Congress: Please fix our debt

24.05.2025 30

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Who is to blame for Biden’s gamble to run for president? Only Biden.

19.05.2025 10

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The magic that happens when unheard voices join the chorus

01.05.2025 6

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Elon Musk’s lack of math skills is making me nervous

26.04.2025 100

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The Western conservative rides into the sunset

18.03.2025 2

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LaGuardia’s revival shows how Americans can get big things done

18.03.2025 4

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How New York drove a steak through the heart of Texas

11.03.2025 100

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Prince Harry’s coming of age

23.01.2025 10

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The awful allure of vigilante justice

20.12.2024 3

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The Iron Man of America’s op-ed pages

23.11.2024 100

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Politics, a love story

I met Karen Ball on a presidential campaign. A bunch of reporters were sitting in the sunshine of a Florida winter’s day waiting for candidate Bill...

07.11.2024 30

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Venezuelan gangs terrorizing my hometown? This I had to see.

AURORA, Colo. — Evidently, Venezuelan gangsters are good at blending in. I looked all over for them. At the apartment building where they...

23.10.2024 100

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Democrats thought their Senate hopes were dead. They were just in Nebraska.

16.10.2024 90

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Chappell Roan is bigger, and better, than politics

05.10.2024 20

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Live, from New York! A sort of meh TV show.

30.09.2024 10

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Barney’s purple haze

“Barney is a dinosaur from our imaginations that will finally be back on our screens this fall with the launch of a new animated Max series,...

11.09.2024 10

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What the 9/11 plotters’ plea bargain says about America

03.08.2024 30

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Time casts its vote

Let a fresh, democratic campaign for the presidency begin. President Biden last month. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) By David Von Drehle July 21,...

22.07.2024 30

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