I Share a Birthday With President Biden. Ask Me About Our Age.

It isn’t too late to start a constructive conversation about aging and leadership.

By Clark Hoyt

How Shaved Ice Took Over the Dessert Menu

Plus: a pixelated chair, houseplant-centered art and more from T’s cultural compendium.

The Times Names Clark Hoyt as New Public Editor

Clark Hoyt, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor, was the Washington editor at Knight Ridder from 1999 until the company was sold last year.

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

Robert Boyd, Journalist Whose Reporting Shifted an Election, Dies at 91

He shared a Pulitzer for detailing how George McGovern’s initial running mate in 1972 had undergone electroshock therapy for depression.

By Sam Roberts

The Times Names Public Editor

Clark Hoyt, the former Washington editor at Knight-Ridder, begins on May 14.

By Richard Pérez-Peña

Hoyt Clarke Hottel, 95, Engineer Who Studied Alternative Fuels

Hoyt Clarke Hottel, retired chemical and combustion engineer and leader in development of alternative fuels at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dies at age 95 (M)

By Wolfgang Saxon

Fairness and the Accused

Observations about crime suspects, with no names attached.

By Clark Hoyt

Clark -- Hoyt.

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