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Opinion: Art fair flyers should showcase human creativity

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ESSAY 3-29-2025

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The Monopoly board game. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

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ESSAY 03152025

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Coffee shop menu in Toronto displaying Canadiano as an option. Avi Cohen hide caption

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ESSAY 3-8-2025

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Gene Hackman as coach Norman Dale on the set of 1986's Hoosiers. Tom Strickland/AP/AP hide caption

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ESSAY 3-1-2025

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Daniel Craig, who played James Bond in five films, at the Germany premiere of Spectre in 2015. (Michael Sohn/AP) Michael Sohn/AP hide caption

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ESSAY 2-22-2025

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during his trial at a Moscow courthouse on August 27, 2018. VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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ESSAY 2-15-2025

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The Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, where the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will happen. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP hide caption

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English singer, actress and '60s icon Marianne Faithfull. Fred Mott/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption

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ESSAY 2-1-2025

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ESSAY 1-25-2025

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The Pacific Ocean is seen in the distance beyond palm trees and the charred remains of homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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ESSAY 1-19-2025

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Martin Luther King waves to supporters on Aug. 28, 1963, on the Mall in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Many musicians, including Marian Anderson, Mahalia Jackson, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Odetta and The Freedom Singers were also at the march. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 1981 prior to appearing on national television to deliver his farewell address. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi) Charles Tasnadi/AP hide caption

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ESSAY 1-11-2025

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Scott Simon's Christmas tree and Hanukkah candles. Caroline Simon hide caption

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ESSAY 12-28-2024

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption

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Opinion: The Pope wants priests to lighten up

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A general view of Rome's Colosseum. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Airbnb will recreate gladiator drama in the Colosseum

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This image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, shows Connie the container dog, which was found trapped inside a shipping container on Jan. 31, 2024. Petty Officer 1st Class Lucas Loe/U.S. Coast Guard/AP hide caption

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ESSAY 11302024

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Mourners pay respects to late Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov during a memorial service at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on November 21, 2024. OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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ESSAY 11232024

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