Opinion
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This Holiday, I’m Going to a Gay Bar
They tell us not to flaunt it. They tell us to not shove it in their faces. They tell us…
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Five Readings for Your Thanksgiving Table
I always enjoy Thanksgiving, but I’m particularly going to savor this year’s in light of the midterm elections. They surfaced…
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Will Mexico Be the Next Venezuela?
In 2018, I wrote a column calling the soon-to-be-elected Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, a left-wing version…
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Elon Musk and the Turmoil at Twitter
More from our inbox: A Fierce Climate Negotiator: ‘You Tell ’em, Sue’Too Much TrumpShould Red States Be Colored Blue, and…
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A Different Kind of Kitchen-Table Economics
I’m writing this newsletter the way I do most of my writing, at home on a laptop (mounted on a…
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Why Are Momfluencers So Good at Worming Their Way Into Your Brain?
In some ways, the internet has been incredible for mothers. Spaces online have provided solace and connection and allowed some…
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When the Treatment of Last Resort Becomes a Life in Limbo
Francia Bolivar Henry was going to be the miracle patient. A pastry chef in her 30s with a captivating smile,…
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Are the U.S. News College Rankings Finally Going to Die?
Yale’s law school made the stunning announcement last week that it would no longer participate in the influential rankings published…
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How Reading — Not Scanning, Not Scrolling — Opens Your Mind
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Every day, we consume a mind-boggling amount of information. We scan online news articles,…
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End-Times Tourism in the Land of Glaciers
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of those Alaska showpieces more often seen by visitors than by the…