Opinion
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This Is What It Looks Like to Support Free Speech
Violence against writers was the topic I was about to interview the novelist Salman Rushdie about at the Chautauqua Institution…
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What Brittney Griner’s Income Says About Women’s Basketball
Brittney Griner, the W.N.B.A. the
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Not Even Amazon Can Deliver a Fix for America’s Broken Health Care
What if you could get health care as quickly and easily as you order socks and cat litter? It sounds…
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How to Have Fun Again
Wendy MacNaughton (@wendymac) is an artist in San Francisco and the creator of DrawTogether, an interactive art program for children…
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The Day Gorbachev Made D.C. Stand Still
WASHINGTON — There have been two surreal visitations in Washington that left people quivering with excitement. The first was seven…
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If an Alternative Candidate Is Needed in 2024, These Folks Will Be Ready
What happens if the 2024 election is between Donald Trump and somebody like Bernie Sanders? What happens if the Republicans…
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Can You Drown Government in an Empty Bathtub?
Mississippi has long been America’s poorest state, with real gross domestic product per person only about 60 percent of the…
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A Farewell to Readers
I am sad to announce that this will be the last edition of this newsletter. This decision was mine, and…
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Prosecute Trump, Despite the Risks?
More from our inbox: Abortion Prosecutions Show the Need for Data PrivacyModerna’s GreedThe Mental Health of ChildrenCredit...Damon Winter/The ...
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School Is for Wasting Time and Money
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling. My argument in a nutshell: First, everyone leaves…