Opinion
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How Liberals Can Be Happier
For many of us, the holidays offer a time of reflection. We look back at the year that’s passed and…
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The Penknife: A Thanksgiving Memory
An engineer should always carry a penknife in his pocket, my father said. Not the marvel of a Swiss Army…
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Guilty, Guilty, Guilty
All three defendants in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery were found guilty of murder. Arbery was jogging through a South…
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‘A Moral Imperative, an Economic Necessity’: Parents Speak Out About Paid Leave
When it came time to prepare for the birth of his second child, Jason Whitney, 34, was not willing to…
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Can Liberals Survive Progressivism?
It’s been nearly 30 years since then-Gov. Bill Clinton took a break from the campaign trail to oversee the execution…
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America Has More Than One Spanglish
It’s easy to think that where language is concerned, in the United States we have a sort of vanilla, mainstream…
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How Softies Seized the Fed
Who should lead the Federal Reserve? President Biden faced a difficult choice. Should he reappoint Jay Powell, a monetary dove…
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How to Celebrate Pandemic Thanksgiving, Round 2
This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.…
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Is Visiting Your Family Bad for the Planet?
Last year, the pandemic made me miss Thanksgiving at my sister’s house in Minnesota. This year, I would have walked…
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Kenosha, Portland, and the Lies We Must Leave Behind
On Aug. 25, 2020, violence was exploding on the streets of Kenosha, Wis., two days after the police shooting of…