Politics
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You Don’t Need to Freak Out About Boeing Planes (but Boeing Sure Does)
“Ah, it’s a Boeing Max,” I exclaimed to my travel companions after we boarded our plane a few weeks ago.…
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Trump Is Financially Ruining the Republican Party
Donald Trump is someone you should think carefully about hitching your financial fortunes to. The guy is a gifted carnival…
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Trump Is No Savior
It is fitting that the biggest movie in the world this year is the story of a messiah gone wrong.…
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Elite College Admissions Have Turned Students Into Brands
“I just can’t think of anything,” my student said. After 10 years of teaching college essay writing, I was familiar…
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The Rising Nuclear Threat
Readers respond to the “At the Brink” series of Opinion articles.
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The Persistent Threat to Abortion Rights
The Supreme Court this week heard the first major challenge to abortion rights since it struck down Roe v. Wade…
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The Case for Saying ‘I Do’
With little notice, the United States may be crossing a historic milestone in family structure, one that may shape our…
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It’s Easter 2050. Here’s What American Religion Looks Like.
Another Easter, another survey showing religion’s recent ebb: This one is from Gallup, confirming a deepening of the 21st-century decline…
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Do Not Empower the Criminals in Haiti
Here’s what I remember most about my childhood growing up under a dictatorship in Haiti: fear. We could never speak…
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Paula Weinstein, Hollywood Veteran and Political Activist, Dies at 78
Raised by a McCarthy-era rebel, the producer and journalist Hannah Weinstein, she followed her mother’s path into movies and television,…