Opinion
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The World Feels the Trump Touch
According to Pew Research, the share of voters who say that the United States provides “too much” support to Ukraine…
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It’s Not Time for Our Troops to Leave the Middle East
The United States base at Tower 22 in Jordan is in the middle of a seemingly unending desert, astride the…
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Why Biden Should Talk Up Economic Success
The U.S. economy has just gone through an extraordinarily successful year. Many economists (although not all of us) predicted that…
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The Isolationist G.O.P., Again
When historians look back on the early days of 2024, they probably won’t recall what, precisely, an elderly Democratic president…
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How Museums Handle Cultural Artifacts
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To Deepen Love, Consider Duty
Susan Sontag, in her 1978 essay “Illness as Metaphor,” described “the Kingdom of the Ill” — a place to which…
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Feb. 13: A Holiday I Prefer Not to Celebrate
By Kristina Samulewski Produced by Vishakha Darbha Galentine’s Day, celebrated on Feb. 13, a day before Valentine’s Day, has been…
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What Do We Owe Black Americans?
In my debut novel, a family retraces their lineage in order to be eligible for the nation’s first federal reparations…
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Trump Is Losing It
It is unclear whether Donald Trump has forgotten the precise nature of NATO or whether he ever fully grasped it…
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The Politics of Betrayal Are at Work in Michigan
Betrayal is a powerful emotion, especially at the ballot box. Voters who feel betrayed tend to act like spurned lovers,…