Politics
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Foster Care and Child Welfare
Readers discuss a guest essay about removing children from troubled homes.
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‘Artificial Intelligence’? No, Collective Intelligence.
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ A.I.-generated art has flooded the internet, and a lot of it is derivative, even…
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John Koerner, Bluesman Who Inspired a Young Bob Dylan, Dies at 85
A spindly guitarist nicknamed Spider, Mr. Koerner was Mr. Dylan’s first friend in the scruffy world of Minneapolis bohemia where…
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Biden’s Chance to Do the Right Thing in Gaza
In a speech in Warsaw two years ago, President Biden declared that “the great battle for freedom” is one “between…
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Want to Better Understand America? Consider All-You-Can-Eat Shrimp.
The great economist George Stigler wrote a paper called “The Cost of Subsistence” that calculated the minimum cost of food…
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Fred Roos, Casting Director and Coppola Collaborator, Dies at 89
Widely considered to have the best eye for talent in Hollywood, he shared the best-picture Oscar with Francis Ford Coppola…
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Harrison Butker’s Very American Traditionalism
Across almost two weeks of controversy over the commencement speech that Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave at Benedictine…
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Google’s A.I. Search Errors Cause a Furor Online
The company’s latest A.I. search feature has erroneously told users to eat glue and rocks, provoking a backlash among users.
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Caleb Carr, Author of Dark Histories, Dies at 68
His own dark history prompted him to write about and investigate the roots of violence, notably in his best-selling novel…
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Nikki Haley’s Path Back to Donald Trump
More from our inbox: Blaming the MissusMaligning Justice MerchanA Caregiver’s StoryNikki Haley, the former Republican presidential hopeful, settled one of…