Opinion
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The Supreme Court Has Made It Even Harder to Fight Climate Change
On Thursday, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority, with its 6-3 ruling in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection…
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Why on Earth Is Pelosi Supporting the Trumpists?
The Democratic Party is behaving recklessly and unpatriotically. So far, Democrats have spent tens of millions to help Trumpist candidates…
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Crazies, Cowards and the Trump Coup
Like many people, I expected the worst from the Jan. 6 committee: long, droning speeches, grandstanding by posturing politicians, lots…
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Liars, Losers and the Lessons of ‘Antiques Roadshow’
When a writer of my age (42) and sensibilities (vaguely anarchic) is tasked with reporting on PBS’s long-running hit “Antiques…
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Is the Right to Same-Sex Marriage Next?
While the Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is already catastrophic in its effects on reproductive…
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Abortion on the Ballot: ‘Remember, You Are Alone in the Voting Booth’
More from our inbox: The Supreme Court Ruling About a Gerrymandered MapTalks in the Russia-Ukraine War‘Stolen’ Election? Prove It.Time for…
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A U.S.-Iran Game of Nuclear Chicken
More from our inbox: Banish the ‘Czar’ as a TitleBy most accounts, Iran is closer to being able to produce…
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Is the Supreme Court Facing a Legitimacy Crisis?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Wednesdays. In a…
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Even the ‘Good Fires’ Can Now Turn Disastrous
It is striking how often fire ecologists and climate scientists, when asked about conditions across the American West, describe half…
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Cassidy Hutchinson Changes Everything
Tuesday’s testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Mark Meadows, the final chief of staff for President Donald Trump, snapped…