Opinion
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A Trans-Atlantic Energy Pact Would Counter Russia’s Might
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has pressed Europe to fundamentally rethink how it keeps its lights on and its industries…
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Just How Liberal Is California? The Answer Matters to Democrats Everywhere.
LOS ANGELES — California is awash in money, with so many billions in surplus revenue that the state cannot enact…
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Zelensky Answers Hamlet
WASHINGTON — For actors, it is the most gripping, feared line ever written. “It is the Mona Lisa of literature,”…
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Disney Can’t Hide From Politics
The Walt Disney Company has a big problem. It wants to be loved by everybody: Massachusetts liberals and Mississippi conservatives,…
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Ukrainian Isn’t ‘Little Russian’ and Black English Isn’t Broken
It was long ago common for Russians to regard Ukrainian as just a dialect of Russian. “Little Russian,” it was…
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America’s Right Has a Putin Problem
Just a few weeks ago many influential figures on the U.S. right loved, just loved Vladimir Putin. In fact, some…
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This Is Why Putin Can’t Back Down
Carl von Clausewitz famously asserted that war is the continuation of politics by other means. The Russian invasion of Ukraine…
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Florida Lawmakers Advance Homophobia to DeSantis’s Desk
In a move that gave me a feeling of toxic déjà vu from the anti-gay-marriage Proposition 8 in California in…
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When a School Desegregates, Who Gets Left Behind?
School districts that actively desegregate their students are still an anomaly. Only an estimated 59 school districts in the country…
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The Heart-Rending Plight of the Ukrainian Refugees
More from our inbox: Show Support for Ukraine. Plant Sunflowers.Russian Pianists Auditioning for the CliburnAnti-Lynching Bill Passes, After 122 ...