Opinion
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‘At Night I Dream of Mariupol’
In early March, the Russian Army encircled Mariupol, Ukraine, a southern port city on the Black Sea. A siege and…
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What Ever Happened to the Great Resignation?
All of the evidence suggests that right now, it’s unusually easy for U.S. workers to find jobs and unusually hard…
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Biden Is Still Right. Putin Has to Go.
Horrific scenes of mass murder on the outskirts of Kyiv should appall everybody and surprise nobody. The brutalization of civilians…
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America’s Vanishing Kingdom
My dad’s American dream was made of aluminum. Not that he would have put it that way. He did not…
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A Viral Case Against Crypto, Explored
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ The hype around cryptocurrencies has reached a fever pitch. There are Super Bowl ads…
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Why Are Seemingly Functional Adults Falling for the ‘Furries’ Myth?
A Nebraska state senator, Bruce Bostelman, last month warned of an alarming new variety of deviance making its way into…
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A Small Earthquake on Staten Island
I grew up in a relatively equal society, at least as far as incomes were concerned. Obviously there were class…
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The Ruble Has Bounced Back. What Does That Mean?
President Biden bragged on Twitter on March 26 that “as a result of our unprecedented sanctions, the ruble was almost…
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‘Trump Is Gone, and We Still Have the Problems’: Michael Lewis Makes Sense of Our Bungled Covid Response
Produced by ‘Sway’ Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the face of America’s Covid response and has been praised and vilified…
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I’m a Scientist in California. Drought Is Worse Than We Thought.
Outside my lab near Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, new animal tracks are on the snow…