Opinion
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Some Abortion Opponents Make Economic Arguments. They’re In for a Fight.
If you believe abortion is murder, its economic consequences are beside the point. Morality trumps all. Still, many opponents of…
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The Humiliation of Amber Heard Is Both Modern and Medieval
There was a moment in a Virginia courtroom this month when the actress Amber Heard paused mid-sniffle on the stand.…
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How the West Is Strangling Putin’s Economy
Russia’s military failure in Ukraine has defied almost everyone’s predictions. First came abject defeat at the gates of Kyiv. Then…
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How Democrats Can Win the Morality Wars
I’m a fan of FiveThirtyEight, a website that looks at policy issues from a data-heavy perspective, but everyone publishes a…
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The True Cost of the Climate Stalemate in Congress
How bad is the climate stalemate? In the United States, we have gotten used to legislative inaction, on climate as…
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The War in Ukraine Is Getting Complicated, and America Isn’t Ready
The Senate passed a $40 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine on Thursday, but with a small group of isolationist…
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Abortion and America’s Polarized Politics
More from our inbox: A Threat to DemocracyU.S. Should Focus on Diplomacy, Not Arms Shipments to UkraineDon’t Name the GunmanCredit...Damon…
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Sick of Massacres? Get Rid of the Guns.
How long does it take to get over a mass shooting? Well, for the families and friends of victims of…
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The Pandemic Still Isn’t Over. So What Now?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Wednesdays. In March…
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The Madison Cawthorn Show Is Over, and We All Deserve Refunds
In this era of partisanship, extremism and general insanity, there are few electoral outcomes that can unite voters across the…