Opinion
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This Is How the U.S. Will Stand With Taiwan
Vladimir Putin’s brutal attack on his Ukrainian neighbors has sparked global outrage — and forged unprecedented unity — among the…
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American Democracy Is Not the Beacon It Once Was for Africa’s Elite
NAIROBI — A Kenyan friend of mine who graduated from Harvard Business School recently told me that the United States…
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The Violent Fantasies of Blake Masters
Blake Masters’s first campaign ad opens with a shot of the Sonoran Desert. A plaintive piano theme tinkles as Mr.…
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Are Participles a Thing of the Past?
I want to follow up on the topic of language evolution that I took up in my previous newsletter about…
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The Last Thing We Needed Was Pelosi Backing Down From a Bully
Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan carries undeniable risks. Beijing could respond by harassing U.S. Navy ships and aircraft in the…
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Who’s Embargoing Whom?
The other day, my CUNY and Stone Center colleague Branko Milanovic suggested that it would be interesting to “compare Napoleon’s…
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The Al Qaeda That Ayman al-Zawahri Leaves Behind
When President Biden announced the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan last year, one of his main justifications was that…
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The Ukraine War: Negotiate or Fight?
More from our inbox: China and Taiwan? Look at Russia and Ukraine.The Costs of Climate ChangeThanking the Jan. 6 CommitteeYour…
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How Much Does Your M.R.I. Cost? Buy It First to Find Out.
OpinionSupported by Continue reading the main storyHow Much Does Your M.R.I. Cost? Buy It First to Find Out. Aug. 2,…
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The Abandoned Children of Egypt’s Arab Spring
In early 2011, after huge protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square ended Hosni Mubarak’s three-decade autocracy, many activists who had taken…