Opinion
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Is America on the Mend?
Almost four years have passed since Covid-19 struck. In America, the pandemic killed well over a million people and left…
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Trump Cacophony Hits Different This Time
When was the last time you listened to Donald Trump speak at length? There’s a qualitative way to think about…
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Governor Defiance Tries to Usurp Washington’s Role
In mid-December, just one day after Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas signed into law a radical new immigration bill, immigrant…
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Caregivers Helped Us Be a Family. Everyone Should Have That Option.
My 7-year-old son, Carl, realized that it was Tuesday and asked why Robert was not coming to our house that…
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That Numbness You’re Feeling? There’s a Word for It.
In mid-October, a few days after the attack on Israel, a friend sent me a text from a rabbi. She…
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How Telling Stories to My Daughter Got Me Through the Darkest Times
I was nursing a 4-month-old baby when Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election in 2018. It was a disaster, and…
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Shecky Greene, High-Energy Comedy Star, Is Dead at 97
A Las Vegas institution, he would do just about anything for a laugh, including physical comedy so broad that it…
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Cale Yarborough, Hall of Fame NASCAR Driver, Dies at 84
He won the Daytona 500 four times, but his fistfight with Bobby Allison at a televised race “put NASCAR on…
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Will the Economy Help or Hurt Biden ’24? Krugman and Coy Dig Into Data.
Peter Coy: Paul, I think the economy is going to be a huge problem for President Biden in 2024. Voters…
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The Year in Opinion Video
Men serving life sentences in American prisons argued why, decades later, they pose no threat to society. Children whose fathers…