Opinion
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Our Broken Electoral System Created the Capitol Riot
In December 1972, the critic Pauline Kael famously admitted that she’d been living in a political bubble. “I only know…
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The Viral Lies That Keep Killing Us
A year ago it seemed reasonable to hope that by early 2022 we’d mainly be talking about Covid — or…
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Diet Culture Is Unhealthy. It’s Also Immoral.
This past fall, my daughter, at 20 months, became fascinated with her bellybutton. At every chance she got, she began…
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These Were the Worst Predictions About 2021
The cheap shot about economic forecasters is that God put them on Earth to make astrologers look good. One reason…
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Democrats, Voting Rights Are Not the Problem
With their legislative agenda stymied for now, Democrats reportedly are hoping to take another crack at election reform. The Senate…
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Prosecute Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 Coup Attempt?
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The Challenges of Keeping Schools Open
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In This New Year, Can We Change More Than Ourselves?
Why do we make the same New Year’s resolutions year after year? “Thiswill be the year that I will lose…
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To Save Democracy, First We Need to Make It Real
The Jan. 6 attack would not have happened in a genuine democracy. The attack was the most acute symptom —…
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When Faced With Death, People Often Change Their Minds
My patient had done everything possible to avoid being intubated. After a traumatic hospitalization when she was young, she had…