Opinion
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Stop Pretending All Books Are Written in English
About a decade ago, when I was an editor at The New York Times Book Review, we left the name…
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Gen Z Is Cynical. They’ve Earned It.
Cameron Kasky had just gotten off the phone with his grandfather when I talked to him on Wednesday, the day…
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America Is Under the Gun
Gail Collins: Bret, did you hear that what the city billed as “the final New York City public pay telephone”…
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What Would an Egalitarian Internet Actually Look Like?
At the bottom of the ocean there is a garden hose stuffed with glass. Life is difficult at this depth.…
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Gun Violence Is Like What Segregation Was. An Unaddressed Moral Stain.
Years ago, I recall reflecting that probably the only thing that would move the needle among Republican lawmakers on the…
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Hymn for the Hurting
Everything hurts,Our hearts shadowed and strange,Minds made muddied and mute.We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.And yet none of it is…
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Gunman in ____ Kills __
The tightknit community of ______ was shaken to its core today when a gunman went on a rampage that lasted…
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In the Texas Rampage’s Wake, Social Media Can Reform Itself
It’s almost impossible to comprehend what to do in the wake of mass shootings like the one that killed 19…
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The Southern Baptist Moral Meltdown
They dedicated their lives to a gospel that says that every human being is made in the image of God.…
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It’s Still Covid’s World. We’re Just Living In It.
There are days, now, when you can almost forget about the virus. Hundreds of thousands of people around the world…