Opinion
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Amber Heard and the Death of #MeToo
There are ambiguities in the sordid conflict between the divorced actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, but some things are…
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More Fun Facts About Jobs and Cities and States
I think I got more emails about my Monday newsletter — “Why Are There So Many Shampooers in New Jersey?”…
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America’s Doug Mastriano Problem
If the Ohio Senate primary two weeks ago provided some clarity about the ideological divisions in the Republican Party, yesterday’s…
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Why Do We Swallow What Big Oil and the Green Movement Tell Us?
It has long been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and…
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The Right Weaponizes America Against Itself
In the broadest sense, what goes by the name “replacement theory” — the idea that American elites are conspiring to…
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‘Racism’ Has Too Many Definitions. We Need Another Term.
Since Saturday, the mass shooting in Buffalo has rarely left my mind. Ten innocent people killed at a supermarket in…
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Crashing Crypto: Is This Time Different?
Last week TerraUSD, a stablecoin — a system that was supposed to perform a lot like a conventional bank account…
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The Slaughter in Buffalo Hasn’t Quieted the Great Replacement Caucus
Make no mistake: The idea that apparently inspired a white supremacist who is accused of killing and injuring more than…
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Anne Applebaum on What Liberals Misunderstand About Authoritarianism
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ The experience of reading Hannah Arendt’s 1951 classic “The Origins of Totalitarianism” in the…
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10 Republican Voters in Swing States on Trump’s Hold on the Party
The nostalgia was powerful, and came with a twist. In the latest Times Opinion focus group, 10 Republican voters in…