New York Times
On the Runway: Olympic Fashion: Winning or Not?
For Ralph Lauren, Burton and The Hudson’s Bay Company, kitsch is out and streamlined is in.
Trump’s Female Accusers Feel Forgotten. A Lawsuit May Change That.
During his campaign, Mr. Trump said the women who accused him of sexual misconduct were liars. A defamation suit could give them a chance to confront him again.
Op-Ed Contributor: Choosing a Health Insurance Plan Is Not ‘Shopping’
When I go shopping at the mall, I get perfume samples and free chocolates. When I consider health insurance plans, I am offered no such things.
Arrested Nurse Settles With Salt Lake City and University for $500,000
The nurse was forcefully detained in July by a police officer who has since been fired. The arrest was captured on body camera video and went viral.
Op-Ed Contributor: Trump’s Trade War With Canada
The president is throwing red meat to his base by attacking Canada and Nafta.
Op-Ed Contributor: Putin’s Reality TV Opposition
Ksenia Sobchak is presenting herself as a strong opponent to Russia’s president. Is she more of a puppet?
Pursuits: In France, a Cognac Tasting Tour at the Source
A trip to southwest France is a lively tutorial in savoring the spirit — and the landscape.
Eat: The Pleasures of Making Your Own Pork Patty
A once-reluctant omnivore on the delights of homemade sausage.
Seeking a Voice, via a Bilingual M.F.A., in Writing and in Life
In a program at the University of Texas at El Paso, students from both sides of the border write and speak in English, Spanish and Spanglish.
New York Today: New York Today: Terrorism Crisis Mode for a Principal. Again.
Thursday: A principal who faced two terrorist attacks, the return of “hotumn”, and the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is chosen.
The Daily: Listen to ‘The Daily’: A Terrorism Suspect and a Visa Lottery
The man charged over the New York truck attack entered the United States through a lottery program for diversity. President Trump has pushed to cancel it.
Op-Ed Contributor: Iraq Is Not Iran’s Puppet
Framing every development from Baghdad to Kurdistan as driven by Tehran won’t help anyone.
Best of Late Night: Seth Meyers Mocks Trump for Wanting Tax Bill to Be ‘The Cut Cut Cut Act’
“I will say, every time he’s on TV I have this fantasy that a director will walk in and go, ‘Cut, cut, cut!’” Mr. Meyers said.
Feature: How Facebook’s Oracular Algorithm Determines the Fates of Start-Ups
The platform is so good at “microtargeting” that many small e-commerce companies barely even bother advertising anywhere else.
Essay: Why Arthur Schlesinger’s ‘Disuniting of America’ Lives On
“The Disuniting of America” reminds us that social polarization is about more than the controversy over Confederate statues.
Michelle Pfeiffer: ‘I’m Always Afraid of Failing’
Returning to movies after years off to raise her children, the actress said she had to tell herself, “You cannot bomb in front of Judi Dench.”
Review: ‘Last Flag Flying’ Is a Starry, Somber and Comic War Movie
Three Vietnam vets — played by Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne — reunite during the Iraq war to accomplish a grim mission.
Shopping With Superman
Henry Cavill, who is flirting with A-list stardom, pops into Savile Row without his cape.
36 Hours in Latino NYC
Revisit the Big Apple in 36 hours and discover the Latino quarters of New York City, from Harlem to Jackson Heights.
Op-Ed Contributor: Why the ‘Diversity Lottery’ Needs to End
It’s not because it brings in people like the suspect in the Manhattan terrorist attack, as President Trump says, but because it’s unfair.