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Democrats’ key to winning the midterms

American voters desperately want relief from rising prices — especially the increasingly unaffordable cost of healthcare. Democrats have a plan for that. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently introduced the Break Up Big Medicine Act with Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., a…
How Patti Smith helped Lenny Kaye find his solo voice

Lenny Kaye is one of rock ’n’ roll’s national treasures. He’s the guy who never has to pay for his drinks in bars from Stockholm to Shanghai, thanks to “Nuggets,” his now-essential compilation of what were obscure garage rock classics…
It’s always rice and eggs

The water was at our backs, but everything still looked blue. It was a Saturday, and the sky above the lake was shockingly clear. The breeze hurried the fluffy clouds along like an invisible, impatient dog walker trying to jostle…
Martha Stewart has already planned her last meal

Martha Stewart knows a thing or two about entertaining, and her meticulous attention to the details of dinner isn’t just reserved for her guests. The 84-year-old mogul has already thought about what her last meal on Earth will be. Speaking…
No one can resist a good cheese ball

For years, the cheese ball has been my quiet party superpower. Whenever I’m hosting — or even lightly conscripted into bringing “something snacky” — it’s the dish people inevitably circle back to, buttery Ritz in hand, doing that little half-apology…