Opinion
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Bob Iger’s Advice to Hollywood on His Way Out
Produced by ‘Sway’ Bob Iger’s recent retirement from Disney marks a sea change for the company. Starting at ABC nearly…
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Russia and Other Petrostates Will Still Exert Muscle in the Clean Energy Shift
If you were wondering whether Europe is running out of options to deal with its continuing energy crisis, one of…
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Stephen Breyer Was the Right Justice for the Wrong Age
Two misfortunes have befallen Stephen G. Breyer during his long Supreme Court career. One, which became apparent about halfway through…
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Biden Promised a Black Woman on the Supreme Court
Joe Biden limped into the South Carolina primaries in 2020. He had finished fourth in Iowa, fifth in New Hampshire,…
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Is the Great Resignation Overblown?
We’ve been bombarded by headlines about the Great Resignation. “Workers Are Quitting Their Jobs in Record Numbers.” “We’ve Become a…
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Did We Miss Biden’s Most Important Remark About Russia?
Pretty much every crucial line in President Biden’s recent marathon news conference has been dissected by now — except one,…
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Stay Woke. The Right Can Be Illiberal, Too.
Those of us who sustainedly criticize the excesses of the Great Awokening are often told that we’re making a mountain…
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Inflation and the Power of Narrative
President Biden had what I’d call a human moment yesterday. After a Fox News correspondent shouted out a question about…
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China’s Zero-Covid Policy Is a Pandemic Waiting to Happen
As some 3,000 athletes, their retinues and the media converge on Beijing, the Chinese government has gone to extraordinary lengths…
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We Count Our Blessings When Some of Them Go Missing
I have a ghost calendar for the last two years. An eerie anti-diary, of a kind you surely have as…