Opinion
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Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases
Many people have gloomily accepted the conventional wisdom that because there is no binding Supreme Court ethics code, there is…
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America’s Military Is Not Prepared for War — or Peace
“To be prepared for war,” George Washington said, “is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” President Ronald…
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In Florida, Democrats Hope Abortion Will Revive Their Fortunes
On the Miami River recently, a parade of gleaming white pleasure boats cruised through the city. Half-naked revelers basked on…
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Step Aside, DNA. RNA Has Arrived.
From E=mc² to splitting the atom to the invention of the transistor, the first half of the 20th century was…
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Can the Supreme Court’s Liberals Reclaim Judicial Restraint?
The Supreme Court’s recent rescue of an important federal agency from the hands of a hostile lower court was an…
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The Gender Gap Is Now a Gender Gulf
Regardless of who wins the presidential election, the coalitions supporting Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Nov. 5, 2024, will…
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An Unexpected Rebranding of the Democratic Party
Meet a former Republican trying to convince rural voters that the G.O.P. is no longer the party of freedom.
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Do We Still Understand How Wars Are Won?
In the past 50 years, the United States has gotten good at losing wars. We withdrew in humiliation from Saigon…
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What Barack Obama Understood About America
The conventional wisdom is that Donald Trump’s trial over his alleged efforts to buy the silence of a porn star…
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On the Dangers of Inflation Brain
Surging prices in 2021-22, after decades of low inflation, came as a shock to many. So it was in a…