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Anthony Bourdain Will Never Die @Faithika piece that cries out to be read out loud. wsj.com/opinion/free-e… via @WSJFreeEx

OMG @Faithika gets Anthony Bordain! "Bordain saw food for what it is—often messy and occasionally disgusting. He knew that eating is a deep part of being human, involving biological processes. He understood the feel of food on the teeth, the excitement of the tastebuds, the reaction of the gag reflex, the scent in the nose. He wanted food to touch on human companionship and shared experience. He wanted it to invoke the soul. wsj.com/opinion/free-e… via @WSJFreeEx

Bourdain saw food for what it is—often messy and occasionally disgusting. He knew that eating is a deep part of being human. He wanted food to touch on human companionship and shared experience. He wanted it to invoke the soul, writes @Faithika on.wsj.com/48epsuI

Until someone else comes along who understands the deep meaning of eating well—and can express it to the world—Anthony Bourdain is still alive. My latest: wsj.com/opinion/free-e… via @WSJFreeEx

Bourdain treated food as lived human experience. Sitting at someone’s table means stepping into his world and recognizing dignity in everyday life. He pushed back hard against elitism, abstraction and sanitized culinary narratives, writes @Faithika on.wsj.com/4sKdhwY

From @WSJFreeEx: @heymiller on Frida Kahlo’s love affair with communism; @faithika on Anthony Bourdain's persistent appeal; @ckoopman on why parents, not governments should decide what to do about kids an tech; and @matthennesy on the Strokes’ nonsensical Coachella protest.

Anthony Bourdain Will Never Die @Faithika @WSJFreeEx @WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

Today: @heymiller on Frida Kahlo’s love affair with communism; @faithika on Anthony Bourdain's persistent appeal; and @ckoopman on why parents should decide what to do about kids and tech. Plus @matthennessey on the Strokes’ nonsensical Coachella protest. on.wsj.com/4vNNJC6

From @WSJopinion: Across the nation, American graveyards are being pilfered. Local governments and federal agencies should join to develop a national response, writes @Faithika. on.wsj.com/4qQ4YPz

Opioid abuse and the rising value of bronze are among the factors driving thieves to loot cemeteries, writes @Faithika on.wsj.com/49ph0K8

Across the nation, American graveyards are being pilfered. Local governments and federal agencies should join to develop a national response, writes @Faithika on.wsj.com/49VAm9K

'Across the country, the criminal-justice system should take desecration of the dead far more seriously as an aggravating factor in thefts, with stronger prosecutions and harsher penalties.' @Faithika @WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/grave-…

I'm guessing they'd say it's nothing person. Grave Robbery Spreads Across America by @Faithika wsj.com/opinion/grave-… via @WSJopinion @Faithika

Does Donald Trump want Zohran Mamdani to win the New York mayor's race? Mr. Cuomo says the president “will take over the city” to save New York from “Commie Mamdani.” My latest in @WSJopinion wsj.com/opinion/can-cu…

From @WSJopinion: For the first time in 18 years, a cowboy event has sold out all three days in the Garden. Maybe that’s what New Yorkers have always needed: a little bit of rural in their lives, writes @Faithika. on.wsj.com/4fYk6oi

For the first time in 18 years, a cowboy event has sold out all three days in the Garden. Maybe that’s what New Yorkers have always needed: a little bit of rural in their lives, writes @Faithika on.wsj.com/40q5QQM

Even in increasingly isolated times, a spirit of community forms when disaster strikes. Maybe that’s especially true in the rural West and Midwest, where the distances are large and official help can be slow to arrive, writes @Faithika on.wsj.com/49JNjRE

The Spirit of Democracy Rises From the Texas Wildfires by @Faithika wsj.com/articles/the-s… via @WSJopinion

The Smokehouse Creek Fire sparked a spirit that Alexis de Tocqueville would have recognized: a self-organizing community rising up to answer the need created by a natural disaster, writes @Faithika on.wsj.com/3T8kszs

There are six U.S. hostages who have been held captive is some dank Gaza tunnel for 150 days. It’s time the American people learned their names. wsj.com/articles/hamas…