“The poet of this really beautiful piece is actually not a Palestinian,” the Palestinian professor said. And so begins an intriguing tale of today’s Jerusalem. ⁦Patrick Kingsley⁩ nytimes.com/2021/11/16/wor…

Vigilantism or self-defense? Two major trials are testing the boundaries for gun-toting citizen police who end up killing people. No one explains the legal nuances better than ⁦⁦Shaila Dewan⁩ nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/…

New York City’s population is not only not declining, it’s growing. Chinese- and Korean-Americans calling New York and especially Long Island City home are a big reason why. ⁦⁦Nicole Hong⁩ takes us on a tour. nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyr…

Palm tree planters, missing rebar and water damage. The most revealing look yet at why the Surfside Condo collapsed, with new visuals from ⁦Anjali Singhvi⁩ ⁦Mike Baker⁩ ⁦Weiyi (Dawn) Cai⁩ ⁦Karthik Patanjali⁩ ⁦Archie Tse⁩ and Mika Grondahl nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Biden has become “an unlikely insurgent” against the foreign policy elite, and they are fighting back. ⁦Mark Landler⁩ nytimes.com/2021/09/01/wor…

Elegant reflections on the harried end of America’s longest war by ⁦⁦⁦Thomas Gibbons-Neff⁩, who fought in it as a Marine and then covered it as a foreign correspondent. nytimes.com/2021/08/30/wor…

“Punching bags for the public.” A deeply reported look at the frustrations — and dangers — of working as a flight attendant during Covid. ⁦tacey rychter⁩ nytimes.com/2021/08/26/tra…

⁦”They don’t want their secrets out there.” On the astonishing opacity of the hospital-insurance complex. ⁦Sarah Kliff⁩ ⁦Josh Katz⁩ ⁦Rumsey Taylor⁩ nytimes.com/interactive/20…

And if you’re just tuning in Sunday ⁦Motoko Rich⁩ ⁦Oskar Garcia⁩ ⁦Hannah Beech⁩ and full NYT sports team has a vivid description of the dramatic closing ceremony (and empty stands) in Tokyo. nytimes.com/live/2021/08/0…

With basketball and volleyball victories, US narrowly eclipses China in gold medals, upsetting China’s strategy for the games. ⁦Hannah Beech⁩ nytimes.com/live/2021/08/0…

Germans have long believed that the climate is changing, just not for them. Catastrophic floods may change that. Katrin Bennhold⁩ nytimes.com/2021/08/06/wor…

Two years ago Allyson Felix had to learn to run again. Now she is contending to win more Olympic medals than any other American in history. Nice profile by ⁦Talya Minsberg⁩ nytimes.com/2021/08/05/spo…

Goodbye China — for now. My time here is ending after 24 years. I am filled with sadness at leaving, and gratitude for family and friends who have made this country my life as well as my work. I look forward to resuming reporting soon, and also to the day when we can return.

Those following the Brexit saga are lucky to have a correspondent as accomplished as Mark Landler, a veteran of Europe, Asia and the Obama and Trump Administrations, as our London bureau chief. Starting soon.

He gets that from Murdoch

EXCLUSIVE: Tour de force reporting on Trump’s wealth, tax dodges and the building of a family fortune. By ⁦Susanne Craig⁩ ⁦Russ Buettner⁩ ⁦David Barstow⁩ nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Terrific news that Ronen Bergman has joined the NYT magazine as a writer at large. No one penetrates the veil of intel secrecy in Israel and the region as well as Ronen does, and his book 'Rise and Kill First' is a gripping read.

Davos crowd theoretically so wary of Trump gathers to catch of glimpse of him. If he boasts that Davos has never seen anything like it, it would not be untrue.

No editor cared or did more for the people who make The New York Times outstanding than Janet Elder. I depended heavily on her and will always remember her.