Opinion
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In Britain, Reality Is Cleaving in Two
In Britain, Armistice Day is usually an understated affair, marked only by two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. This…
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What We Get Wrong About Israel and Gaza
With the bilateral slaughter in the Middle East unleashing poisons that are worsening hatred worldwide, let me outline what I…
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Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With the World Is Mostly Hate
Sometimes I miss the good old days when Donald Trump could be shocking. It’s really hard to imagine something he…
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The Question of Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
Last week, I gave a lecture at the University of California at San Diego about politics and social justice. Afterward,…
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Welcome to the New Economics of Tipping
Why do you tip? And have your reasons for tipping changed lately? Is there less gratitude in the mix and…
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With Covid, Is It Really Possible to Say We Went Too Far?
In 2020, many Americans told themselves that all it would take to halt the pandemic was replacing the president and…
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News Organizations Should Publish This Photo
By Lydia Polgreen Produced by Vishakha Darbha The scenes of devastation from Gaza are widespread on social media, but mainstream…
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Hostages Must Be at the Center of Every Conversation About This War
More than five weeks ago, on Oct. 7, my brother-in-law Omri Miran was yanked away from his wife, my sister…
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Overturning Roe Changed Everything. Overturning Affirmative Action Did Not.
What do the strikingly different public responses to two recent Supreme Court rulings, one on abortion, the other on affirmative…
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Stop Corporatizing My Students
I have taught creative writing in Mississippi’s flagship university for over 20 years, and I’ve witnessed a powerful outcome: students…