Opinion
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Whoopi Goldberg Apologized: Punishing Her Further Is Un-Jewish
When Whoopi Goldberg said on her television program, “The View,” that the Nazi genocide of European Jews was not about…
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When Did Republicans Turn Into a Bunch of Snowflakes?
“I am an equal opportunity foe of antisemitism.” This was the assurance that Deborah Lipstadt, the renowned Holocaust scholar, offered…
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When Do We Need New Economic Theories?
Today’s newsletter isn’t about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), which has been the subject of a lot of back-and-forth in the…
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In the ‘Genocide Olympics,’ Are We All Complicit?
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.…
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English Is a Living Language — Period
I love it whenever I see it: “‘Free Pickup and Delivery,’” “‘Fresh Fish’” and the like. I refer to signage…
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Prosecuting Parents of School Shooters May Keep Children Safer
Bringing a criminal case against the parents of an accused school shooter is never an easy decision for a prosecutor.…
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Europe Is on the Brink of War, and Germany Is Nowhere to Be Seen
BERLIN — Last week, Ukrainian legislators held up the flags of countries providing military and diplomatic assistance to Ukraine as…
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Requiem for a Liberal Giant
There’s an indelible scene in Todd Gitlin’s 1987 book “The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage,” in which he…
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The Quiet Rage of the Responsible
After all these years, New York City remains America’s premier gateway to the world — a status that brings many…
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Crypto and the Power of Folk Economics
This week, we continue our discussion about speculative financial technologies, specifically those that run on the blockchain: cryptocurrency and ...