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The future of travel is less exotic

I am writing this from Amritsar, India, in the state of Punjab. The Sikh Golden Temple here is one of India’s leading attractions, and recently I shared space with thousands of people over the course of four or five hours. In that time, I saw only two people who might qualify as White Westerners. That simple observation — and my ...

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Pfizer’s GBT deal to aid more sickle-cell patients

  Pfizer continues to spend its Covid windfall wisely. The pharma company said it would spend $5.4 billion to buy Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT), which has one approved drug to treat sickle-cell disease and two more in development. It’s a smart deal for both companies. Pfizer can put needed marketing muscle behind GBT’s products. In return, Pfizer will be able ...

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Trump raid should be Garland’s opening act

  We now know that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have an active interest in Donald Trump because Trump told us so. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said in a rambling statement. “They even broke into my safe!” ...

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