Opinion
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Trade and Peace: The Great Illusion
On April 12, 1861, rebel artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter, beginning the U.S. Civil War. The war eventually became…
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Globalization Isn’t Over. It’s Changing.
“Deglobalization” is a word on many people’s lips these days — and understandably so. Russia has been largely cut off…
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Email Is Slow and Creates Distance. That’s Why It’s Great.
Every morning around 9 o’clock, I walk down a narrow flight of stairs to my basement and fire up my…
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Paul Krugman on Why the Economy Is Doing Better Than We Think
Produced by ‘Sway’ From rising gas prices and inflation to the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. economy has experienced all sorts…
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A Flock of Beautiful Birds in a City Is a Miracle, a Disaster and a Conundrum
NASHVILLE — In the summer of 2020, a massive flock of purple martins set up camp in the trees surrounding…
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I Would Have Never Bought This Home if I Knew It Flooded
I have spent much of the past decade at the soggy edges of this country listening to the people whose…
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Roe v. Wade Is the Floor. Reproductive Justice Is the Mountaintop.
As a queer woman who grew up in North Carolina, I learned at an early age that my Blackness could…
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Should American Veterans Go to Ukraine?
Like many people around the world, I viewed the images that have emerged in the last few days from Bucha,…
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The Boston Marathon’s Brainless Bigotry
Historical parallels often spring to mind when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the brutality and megalomania of…
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The Climate Debates That Are Stalling Progress
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which was released last week and which we co-authored with many colleagues, offers…