Opinion
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Elite College Admissions Have Turned Students Into Brands
“I just can’t think of anything,” my student said. After 10 years of teaching college essay writing, I was familiar…
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The Rising Nuclear Threat
Readers respond to the “At the Brink” series of Opinion articles.
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The Persistent Threat to Abortion Rights
The Supreme Court this week heard the first major challenge to abortion rights since it struck down Roe v. Wade…
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The Case for Saying ‘I Do’
With little notice, the United States may be crossing a historic milestone in family structure, one that may shape our…
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It’s Easter 2050. Here’s What American Religion Looks Like.
Another Easter, another survey showing religion’s recent ebb: This one is from Gallup, confirming a deepening of the 21st-century decline…
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Do Not Empower the Criminals in Haiti
Here’s what I remember most about my childhood growing up under a dictatorship in Haiti: fear. We could never speak…
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Paula Weinstein, Hollywood Veteran and Political Activist, Dies at 78
Raised by a McCarthy-era rebel, the producer and journalist Hannah Weinstein, she followed her mother’s path into movies and television,…
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Peter Shapiro, Political Groundbreaker in New Jersey, Dies at 71
He bucked the Democratic machine to become the youngest member of the state’s General Assembly and reformed government as the…
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Can Intel Serve Two Masters?
This week I interviewed Pat Gelsinger, the chief executive of Intel, which is one of the most important companies in…
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Dating on Apps, and the Old-Fashioned Way
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