Opinion
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A Fox News ‘Defector’ on How the Network ‘Played Footsie’ With Trump
Produced by ‘Sway’ The former Fox commentator Jonah Goldberg — who has been called a “Fox defector” — says that…
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Europe Thinks Putin Is Planning Something Even Worse Than War
VIENNA — In the final weeks of World War I, a German general sent a telegram to his Austrian allies…
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Guess Who Wants Your Money?
Welcome to February! Any notable January accomplishments to report, people? Well, I received 266 email messages from Donald Trump, asking…
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How to Fix Child Care Before the Next Pandemic Wave
In January, parents of kids under 5 told me they were in a state of despair and semi-panic; emotionally, they…
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Wealth Inequality Is the Highest Since World War II
Gross domestic product is a useful metric of a nation’s economic success, but what you’d also like to know is…
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The Lessons of Brooklyn Tech
For many years I lived across the street from Stuyvesant High School, Manhattan’s elite public school, and I would sometimes…
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Neil Young and Liz Cheney, Thanks for Sticking Your Necks Out
In an era when so many leaders in American public life are behaving badly, I never want to miss a…
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Can the Fed Let Us Down Easy?
American workers are quitting at record rates, suggesting that they’re confident they can easily find new jobs. Wages are rising…
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What the Joe Rogan Backlash Reveals About How We Handle Misinformation
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.…
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What an All-Women News Network in India Shows Us About Democracy
It started out as a literacy project. Dalit women, formerly known as untouchables, hand-wrote a newsletter about issues that mattered…