Opinion
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The Great Interest Rate Debate
Peter Coy: Hi, Paul. The Fed meets Tuesday and Wednesday to talk about interest rates, which many voters are really…
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Talking About Periods Is Taboo. So We Talked About Them.
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTTalking About Periods Is Taboo. So We Talked About Them. June 11, 2024, 5:02 a.m. ETShare full…
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There’s a Reason Trump Has Friends in High Places
Among the features that distinguish capitalist society from its predecessors, the political theorist Ellen Meiksins Wood once observed, is “the…
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Restore Elon Musk (and Tesla) to Greatness
Elon Musk is not just another inconsequential Silicon Valley billionaire. Most of his inconsequential peers have two primary accomplishments: showing…
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The Israeli Hostage Rescue, and the Cost
More from our inbox: Trump Is Unfit to Serve, No Psychiatric Diagnosis NeededJohn Roberts’s Destructive LegacyPlugging Abandoned Oil WellsA Monarch…
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What Modi’s Dwindling Support Says About Democracy Worldwide
By Lydia Polgreen Produced by Vishakha Darbha After a weekslong election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and his party…
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‘Music Speaks to Some Deep Need Among Humans’
More from our inbox: Will Politicians Accept the Election Results?Honoring the DeadFear of CrimeA research team that comprised musicologists, psychologists,…
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Why Children Are Missing More School Now
The raw data looks inarguably bad: The share of American children missing at least 10 percent of school days nearly…
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The Day My Old Church Canceled Me Was a Very Sad Day
This week, the leaders of the Presbyterian Church in America will gather in Richmond, Va., for their annual General Assembly.…
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A Promise to Grads With ‘No Promise’
It’s high school graduation season. Time to cheer the teenage achievers (especially the overachievers) and send them off to campus…