Opinion
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Supreme Court Justices Should Keep Some Opinions to Themselves
The Supreme Court has come under increasing scrutiny for its so-called shadow docket: rulings issued on an expedited basis without…
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The Mystery of ‘Havana Syndrome’
A long time ago, soon after I arrived in the Soviet Union as a young wire service reporter and became…
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Why Democrats Are in Trouble
Days before it became clear that the Republican Glenn Youngkin would win Virginia’s gubernatorial race, pollsters, pundits and political ...
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Some Hear Grammar Don’ts. I Hear the Future of English.
It may seem from some of my recent newsletters — championing “they” as a singular pronoun and “me” as a…
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3 Big Questions Looming Over the Glasgow Climate Talks
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.…
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I Was Told I Have Career Advantages ‘as a Black Woman.’ Here’s How I Replied.
For senior company executives, appointments to public boards are one way to ease into retirement with purpose and prestige. But…
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An Unsolved Mystery: Why Do More Men Die of Covid-19?
Azita Ghahramani worried she wouldn’t survive Covid-19 because of her health conditions, including high blood pressure. So she and her…
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We Are Losing a Battle We Can Win to Save the World’s Forests
The 2015 Paris climate agreement called on nations of the world to preserve forests and other ecosystems that store carbon.…
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When It Comes to China, Don’t Call It a ‘Cold War’
A new idea is gaining currency among some politicians and policymakers in Washington: The United States is in a “Cold…
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On Elon Musk and the Dangerous Power of Insecure Billionaires
Elon Musk doesn’t think visionaries like him should pay taxes the way little people do. After all, why hand over…