Johnson
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Food
Magic Man: The Story of the Greatest Point Guard in N.B.A. History
Roland Lazenby’s big biography of Magic Johnson gives us a wealth of detail, a huge cast of characters and, in…
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Magazine
Listening to Lady Bird Johnson, in Her Own Words
“The Lady Bird Diaries” depicts the former first lady as a mass of contradictions.
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Politics
Mike Johnson Is a Right-Wing Fever Dream Come to Life
Last week, on the eve of his first attempt to become speaker of the House, allies of Representative Jim Jordan…
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Politics
The G.O.P. Goes Full-on Extremist
There are no moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives. Oh, no doubt some members are privately appalled by the…
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Food
The Rock’s Wax Figure Will Get Redo, Museum Says
The Grévin Museum in Paris said it is “improving” a likeness of Dwayne Johnson that one online critic called “melanin…
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Politics
Ellsworth Johnson, Last Survivor of a Secret Army Unit, Dies at 100
During World War II, he parachuted into France and China as part of a special operations group on missions for…
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Food
‘BS High’ Review: Greed and Football
A saga of high school football players taken advantage of by a dubious start-up is played for entertainment in this…
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World
It’s By-election Day in the U.K. What Does That Mean?
Three seats in Parliament recently occupied by Conservatives are up for grabs in an election that may show which way…
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Politics
Bill Saluga, a Memorable Comedic Wiseguy, Is Dead at 85
He played many characters in his career, but he was best known by far for the one who said, “You…
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Food
A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making
Mack McCormick’s long-awaited book about the musician Robert Johnson has arrived, in modest and expurgated form.