Opinion
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Who’s Behind Web3?
If you haven’t been drawn into the growing hype over Web3, where have you been? I kid. It’s mostly just…
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Is Our Homelessness Crisis Really a Drug Problem?
Over the course of writing this newsletter,I’ve received quite a bit of feedback from you, the readers. I want to…
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The Line From Fox News to Trump’s Big Lie Is Short and Direct
This article is part of Times Opinion’s Holiday Giving Guide 2021. For other ideas on where to donate this year,…
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‘When I Will Be Old, Maybe. But Now, I Feel Myself Young.’
About 50 years ago, Eduard Arzunyan was in his 30s and started on a quest to discover the origins of…
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The Year of Inflation Infamy
I will always associate inflation with the taste of Hamburger Helper. In the summer of 1973 I shared an apartment…
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The Supreme Court, Weaponized
When the Supreme Court overturned a 41-year precedent three years ago and ruled that public employees have a right under…
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Populism Has Found a Home at the Supreme Court, Too
Populism is no longer limited to just politics; it has also penetrated the courts. Judicial populism, like the political version,…
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What Makes Me a Monster
We live in a world where the monsters have either disappeared or are domesticated and not in the slightest bit…
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What We Still Haven’t Learned About Guns
Americans who try to keep track of what’s going on in Congress frequently fall back on a cry of Why…
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How to Soften the Bullwhip Effect
Since early in the Covid-19 pandemic, economists have attributed product shortages and price spikes to the bullwhip effect, which is…