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in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Ellen, internal-sub-only-nl, Johnson Sirleaf, South Africa, Travel Warnings

Opinion | South Africa’s Omicron Work Deserves a Prize

South Africa is paying a heavy price for its good deed of telling the world about the Omicron variant of the virus that causes Covid-19. Many countries, including Britain and the United States, are restricting air travel to and from the nation. That will do more damage to an economy already weakened by the pandemic. […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 29, 2021, 3:19 pm
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in audio-neutral-informative, Blurred Lines (Song), Emily, Instagram Inc, My Body (Book), Ratajkowski

Opinion | Emily Ratajkowski Doesn’t Want You to Look Away

Emily Ratajkowski is winning in the Instagram era: She has 28.6 million followers and has spent more than half her life making a living as a model. But even at her level of success, she still wonders: When you make a living off your desirability, is the power of your body ever just yours? [You […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 29, 2021, 9:21 am
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in Ahmaud (1994-2020), Arbery, Georgia, Kyle, Rittenhouse, Second Amendment (US Constitution), Wisconsin

Opinion | ‘Self Defense’ Is Becoming Meaningless in a Flood of Guns

As you would expect, this Supreme Court case has generated the usual briefs from gun rights advocates: the N.R.A., gun clubs, libertarian scholars, Republican politicians. What is strange, and disheartening, is that the petitioners have also received support from a group of prestigious and seasoned New York public defenders, who argue that the New York […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 29, 2021, 7:35 am
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in Abortion, Ireland, Law and Legislation, Poland, Texas, United States, Women's Rights

Opinion | The Women Who Died After Abortion Bans

That photo of Ms. Santoro was published in Ms. magazine in 1973, under the words “Never Again.” The image was blown up on placards carried at abortion rights rallies, a visceral illustration of the risks of illegal abortion. In recent years, the state of abortion rights in America has deteriorated, especially for poor women and […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 29, 2021, 6:10 am
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in Ahmaud (1994-2020), Arbery, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Holiday Parade Attack (2021), Prisons and Prisoners, Quarantine (Life and Culture), waukesha, Wis

Opinion | The Omicron Variant Is Creating a Lot of Anxiety

Bret: Fair point. But I’d still like to live in cities where people don’t feel free to smoke meth pipes next to Macy’s in broad daylight, homeless encampments don’t spring up beneath highway overpasses and drugstores don’t have to put toothpaste and other commonplace items behind locked cabinets to keep people from stealing them. In […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 29, 2021, 5:09 am
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in DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid), Dogs, Genetics and Heredity, Pets

Opinion | What I Learned Testing My Dog’s DNA

Curiosity is a great motivator, but my curiosity about Rascal’s breed mix would have come to nothing had I not submitted to a DNA test myself shortly before we adopted him. I wasn’t looking for my own genetic ancestry; I’m wary of what such tests reveal and warier still of how their results might be […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 29, 2021, 5:00 am
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in Abortion, Amy Coney, Barrett, internal-sub-only-nl, Law and Legislation, Women's Rights

Opinion | Why the Feminist Movement Needs Pro-Life People

And that ultimately weakens the cause of feminism because it excludes a lot of women, especially young women. Younger pro-life women often see themselves as committed to both the protection of the unborn and the flourishing of women. In a 2015 poll by the Public Religion Research Institute, more than half of millennial women who […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 28, 2021, 11:15 am
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in Anxiety and Stress, Boredom, Content Type: Service, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Friendship, Happiness, Loneliness, Memory, Quarantine (Life and Culture)

Opinion | How to Enjoy the Moment

On New Year’s Eves when I was in my late 20s, I would ask my friends to reflect on our best days of the year, the times when we had the most fun, felt the most grateful or were happiest. Sometimes they were the days we expected. Parties, vacations, weddings. But more often, the real […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 28, 2021, 11:00 am
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in Biden, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Delta Variant, Joseph R Jr, Moderna Inc, Pfizer Inc, Quarantines, Travel Warnings, Vaccination and Immunization

Opinion | We Got a Head Start on Omicron, So Let’s Not Blow It

There’s very little we know for sure about Omicron, the Covid variant first detected in South Africa that has caused tremors of panic as winter approaches. That’s actually good news. Fast, honest work by South Africa has allowed the world to get on top of this variant even while clinical and epidemiological data is scarce. […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 28, 2021, 11:00 am
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in Bicycles and Bicycling, Content Type: Service, Families and Family Life, Grief (Emotion), Memory, Quarantine (Life and Culture)

Opinion | How I Got Through the Grief of Losing My Mother

After the awkwardness of taking my long-neglected bike in for a tune-up (“I love working on these vintage bikes!” the technician said), I started riding with the club last winter, layering thermal shirts under windproof jackets, tucking foot warmers into my fleece-lined hiking shoes. I rediscovered routes I hadn’t ridden in many years. I became […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 28, 2021, 10:03 am
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in Biden, Bush, Conservatism (US Politics), Democratic Party, Donald J, George W, Glenn A, Joseph R Jr, Presidential Election of 2024, Republican Party, Trump, United States Politics and Government, Youngkin

Opinion | Republicans Have a Golden Opportunity. They Will Probably Blow It.

Last weekend I considered what the Democratic Party should expect from politics after Covid — the hope of revived popularity for Joe Biden under return-to-normalcy conditions, the danger that the left-tilting party might be losing ground across multiple different demographic groups. Now, after an interlude of giving thanks, let’s consider how post-Covid politics might look […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 27, 2021, 3:00 pm
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in Abortion, Birth Control and Family Planning, Conservatism (US Politics), Law and Legislation, Polls and Public Opinion, Roe v Wade (Supreme Court Decision), Supreme Court (US)

Opinion | Supreme Court Abortion Case Is About More Than Roe v. Wade

Right now, thanks in part to extreme partisan gerrymanders, Republicans enjoy control of government in 23 states, allowing them to pass increasingly aggressive restrictions. The lawmakers who so eagerly pass these bills claim they are about protecting life, but if that were their true motive, they would also be striving to provide easier access to […] More

by Tonya Frazier November 27, 2021, 11:03 am