Opinion
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A Grammy-Nominated Singer Performs and Explores Music’s Deep Power Over Us
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ In times of deep sorrow or joy, humans have always turned to music. Archaeologists…
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I’m a Ukrainian Soldier, and I’ve Accepted My Death
IVANKIV, Ukraine — Recently, one of the companies in our battalion returned from a mission in eastern Ukraine. When we…
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The Book That Explains Our Cultural Stagnation
In May the literary critic Christian Lorentzen published a Substack newsletter about being bored. “Hollywood movies are boring. Television is…
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Why Student Debt Relief Isn’t Elitist
Embarrassing admission: I have been watching the TV show “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.” I’m not, in general, a fan of…
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The Day Rosa Santana Got Her Big Break
It was 2014 and Rosa Santana was running a successful staffing business. She had immigrated to the United States from…
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Deshaun Watson and the Failed Politics of Personal Choices
The numbers speak for themselves. During the National Football League’s 2021 season, television and digital ratings increased 10 percent from…
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Is the Constitution Obstructing American Democracy?
More from our inbox: Let’s Get Books to PrisonersThe ‘Bold Courage’ of Parkland ActivistsThank You, Philip GalanesCredit...Illustration by ...
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Did Biden Just School the Republicans or His Own Party?
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. Depending on whom you ask, Joe Biden’s decision to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in…
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Billie Jean King: What Makes Serena Williams So Watchable
I’ve seen many generations come and go in tennis, and every time you see a great player retire, it’s really…
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The G.O.P. Is in a Grand Old Pickle
As today’s politicians go, Senator Michael Bennet is kind of boring. Ideologically moderate. Dispositionally low-key. Scandal-free. A sensible ...