Opinion
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The Police Cannot Be a Law Unto Themselves
In 2020, during the weeks of protest and civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd at the hands…
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On Fat and Free Will
In the girl’s home in Hertfordshire, England, you need a key code to enter the kitchen, where all the cupboards…
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The Durham Fiasco Is a Warning of What’s to Come
Thank goodness Speaker Kevin McCarthy has created a House subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government! Last week, The…
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Will Americans Even Notice an Improving Economy?
Imagine that your picture of the U.S. economy came entirely from headlines and cable news chyrons. Would you know that…
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There’s No Real Ceiling for Federal Debt? I’m Not So Sure.
I’ve written and spoken respectfully about believers in modern monetary theory over the years, so some M.M.T.-ers were taken aback…
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Barrett Strong, Whose ‘Money’ Helped Launch Motown, Dies at 81
As a singer he was a one-hit wonder. But teaming with Norman Whitfield, he wrote a string of hits for…
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When Ilhan Omar Asks Questions, Her Colleagues Should Listen
House Republicans are poised to make a grave mistake by removing from the Committee on Foreign Affairs the only person…
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William Agee, Leading Art Curator and Teacher, Dies at 86
His exhibitions and his writings expanded the view of American Modernism, and his decades of teaching shaped future scholars and…
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What Tissue From an Early Abortion Shows
More from our inbox: After Beating Tyre Nichols, Officers ‘Celebrating’!Pregnancy tissue after an abortion at seven weeks.Credit...My Abortion NetworkTo the…
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Lisa Loring, Wednesday Addams in ‘The Addams Family,’ Dies at 64
With her dark clothes and pigtailed hair framing a pale face, Ms. Loring played Wednesday as a young girl obsessed…