Three very different ultra-wealthy Vancouver mansion owners — Weihong Liu, Chip Wilson and Peter Chung — made my top 10 list of most-read columns of 2025. In addition to billionaires, the themes ...

In a class of 24 Trenton third graders, the chances are that only three can read adequately. Four can do math on grade level. Julie O’Connor, an urban education writer for NJ Spotlight News, injected ...

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A new regular column about genealogy. Interest in genealogy and family history soared after the 1976 publication of Alex Hailey’s groundbreaking book “Roots: The Saga of An American Family” and the ...

The new Chicago Bulls played well for three quarters Saturday in their first game at the United Center since Thursday’s trade-deadline fire sale. They hustled and rebounded and showed some grit, like ...

My Jan. 7 column about my own reading of 2025 included the sobering statistic that pleasure reading — news included — is down by 40% since 2003. And that a 2022 survey showed only 38% of Americans had ...

Before I tell you why you should watch the new documentary about Mel Brooks, I will tell you that 25 years ago, he told me, “You may be right. I have done everything there is to do in show business. … ...

When I was a kid and my grandparents were alive, they used to call once a week from Florida. As my parents handed me the phone, I was already frowning, because I knew the first question they would ...

My grandfather Bernard Levy played a big role in my childhood. When we weren’t exploring New York City together, he was writing letters to the editor of The New York Times from his law firm’s office ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem speaks at a news conference in D.C. on Saturday. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP) You’re a government official and you have just learned that some of your ...