Opinion
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Ron DeSantis Likes His Culture Wars for a Reason
Here’s a question: What does Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida think about Medicare? Medicaid? Social Security? The Affordable Care Act?…
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Two Special Counsels Could Make One Fine Mess for Merrick Garland
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s symmetrical appointments of special counsels to investigate the classified documents imbroglios of President Biden and former…
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Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton and …Lip Gloss?
I’ve been thinking, lately, about lip gloss. About the sickeningly sweet smell of Vanilla Birthday Cake that defined my late…
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Trans Kids Deserve Private Lives Too
Last year, I interviewed Marci Bowers, president of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, for a piece I never…
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Please Don’t Feed the Debt Scolds
In March 2011 Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, chairs of a White House deficit-reduction commission, issued a frightening warning about…
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Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, 85, Dies; Taught Americans How to Cook Chinese Food
She was committed to codifying traditional Chinese cooking techniques when most Americans thought of Chinese food as dishes like chop…
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The Constitution Can’t Enforce Itself
The 14th Amendment, added to the Constitution in the wake of the Civil War, has been back in the news…
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There’s a Line on George Santos’s Résumé That No One Can Cross Out
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. We discussed President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents last week, but here we go again, with…
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How to Redeem Social Media in One Easy Step
NASHVILLE — Not quite halfway through the new season of HBO’s “The White Lotus,” a young woman, Portia, breaks into…
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I’m a Congressman Who Codes. A.I. Freaks Me Out.
Imagine a world where autonomous weapons roam the streets, decisions about your life are made by AI systems that perpetuate…