Opinion
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Fulfilling Our Mom’s Dream to See the Solar Eclipse
If all goes according to plan, on April 8, our 75-year-old mother, Nancy, will be settled into a lawn chair…
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Earth to NASA: You Could Use Some Philosophers Up There
The window to apply to be a NASA astronaut — a window that opens only about every four years —…
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Is This the End of Academic Freedom?
At New York University, the spring semester began with a poetry reading. Students and faculty gathered in the atrium of…
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Are Smartphones Just a Scapegoat for Our Unhappy Children?
Hosted by Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts |…
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Will A.I. Break the Internet? Or Save It?
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ The internet is in decay. Do a Google search, and there are so many…
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Why Some Billionaires Will Back Trump
Donald Trump’s campaign is reportedly strapped for cash. Small-dollar donations are running far behind their 2020 pace. Big Trump rallies…
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Why Is Technology Mean to Me?
It is never easy to re-examine one’s fundamental convictions, but now I am forced to question my previous disbelief in…
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‘Little Women’ and the Art of Breaking Grammatical Rules
A few weeks ago I wrote on the grand old rule about not ending sentences with prepositions, which is, quite…
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Don’t Let Our Broken Politics Mangle Our Faith
In 2007, I had a conversation about the culture war with the evangelical pastor Tim Keller that I’ve never forgotten.…
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Al Franken’s Memories of Christopher Durang
The comedian and former senator writes about the late playwright.