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A.I. Is Strangling Our Economy
So much money is being poured into A.I. that the rest of the economy is starting to suffer.
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Parents Can’t Give Their Kids Everything. Siblings Can Help.
There are virtues in growing up in a pack.
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Rays of Hope in Dark Times
It’s time to update Learned Hand’s great “Spirit of Liberty” address.
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In Michigan, the Most Moderate Candidate May Not Be the Most Electable
The case for Haley Stevens’s candidacy rests on electability, but it’s far from clear how electable she really is.
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Democrats Are Done With Caution
Tuesday’s primary demonstrated the astonishing political power of Mamdani and of the Democratic Socialists of America.
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If You Love America, Cringe for It
Let’s remember who we once were, because it’s what we may yet be again.
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How Tehran Won the World
Iran’s defiance in the face of Western aggression has become a rallying cry.
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Elon Musk Is Too Rich. We’ve Known That Since Plato.
The philosopher made a radical proposal about wealth.
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My Father’s Death Was the Start of My Life
It was the worst thing that ever happened to me. It also taught me everything I needed to live.
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Trump Was Right. The War Ended With a Surrender.
Each generation seems destined to learn anew the lesson that when hawks declare that a war will be painless, beware.
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We Need to Keep Funding Weird Science
Science turned a serendipitous finding about lizard venom into one of the most important drugs of the century, but...
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Trump Put His Own Interests Above All in the Iran Deal
The Iran deal wasn’t about peace but answering Trump’s personal needs.
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In Britain, the Far Right Is Moving to the Mainstream
Its opponents urgently need to demonstrate that they can do more than throw up their hands in horror.
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The Verdict on Biden Is In
Preliminary judgments on Joe Biden’s one-term presidency, including Jill Biden’s, are all the rage.
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We Ran the Numbers. Remote Work Is Bad for Us.
Despite its advantages, work-from-home arrangements have significantly deepened Americans’ isolation and distress.
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Why the Knicks Really Won
Teamwork isn’t just useful, the Knicks showed. It’s a higher calling.
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JD Vance on the Morality of the Trump Administration
I asked the vice president what is Christian about this White House.
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The Real Reason Trump Never Stops Talking About Voter Fraud
“Voter fraud” is not about fraud. It is about who votes and how.
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Dear A.I. Companies, the Doom Trolling Needs to Stop
The major A.I. companies keep telling us how dangerous their new models can be, yet they must keep on building them.
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Iran Found Trump’s Bone Spur
In a contest of wills, the hard men of Tehran prevailed over the vain man of Washington.
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The UFC 250 Was a Garish Spectacle of American Decline
Only the hackiest screenwriter imaginable would script America’s debasement this way.
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Bob Dylan and Liza Minnelli Already Turned 80. They Have Thoughts for Trump.
“I feel the same as I did 50 years ago,” President Trump said. “It’s crazy.”
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Trump Lost The War He Started In Iran
The United States is emerging weaker — militarily, diplomatically and economically — than at the start of the war.
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On Father’s Day, It’s Obvious That the Role of a Dad Has Changed
I’m fascinated by the fathers my brothers became.
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The U.S. Is the Future of Soccer, for Better or Worse
Thanks to immigrants and the internet, Americans gained entry to a universe beyond our borders.
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One City Might Have Just Cracked the Housing Crisis
A large real estate development in the middle of Vancouver, British Columbia, shows how cities can build more housing.
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Detroit Is the Last City That Knows How to Dance
Dance floors are flooded with selfies and poseurs. But in one city, it’s still a place to feel free.
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Does U.F.O. Disclosure Threaten Faith?
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ and the God-and-aliens debate.
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Some Leftists Are Boycotting This Film. Everyone Should Watch It.
The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals.
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Why Everyone Wants Jon Ossoff to Run for President
The Georgia senator is excoriating Trump and his systemic corruption in a way that transcends the Democratic Party’s...
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For America’s 250th, Let’s Get Something Clear About Our National Identity
It depends on both ideas and cultural inheritance.
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Everybody Is a Loser in This Middle East War
None of the participants in the recent wars of the Middle East can claim victory. All are to blame.
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The Good That Can Come From Platner’s Candidacy
The Senate race in Maine is a chance to do away with inconsistent standards applied according to political bias.
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The States Where Life Is Better
Trust, well-being and mental health are all down in America. But some states are better to live in than others,...
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Why We May Need More Military Veterans in Congress
There’s an argument for candidates who’ve served in the military.
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America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance
Lincoln would know how to deal with these Republicans.
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Ebola Shows Why Humanitarian Aid Matters
The fecklessness of Washington leaders contrasts with the courage of doctors, nurses and aid workers in places like...
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Trump Has Failed as Commander in Chief
Trump has failed to unite the country while at war and instead is seeking personal gain.
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Graham Platner, Ken Paxton and the Amoral Center
Why a morally divided country might find sleazy candidates reassuring.
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Trump’s Moves Illustrate How Much He Cares About the Midterms
The president’s nonchalance is just a show.
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We Have to Take the Future of A.I. Into Our Own Hands
We’ve heard a lot about what A.I. can do for businesses, and for individuals, but what about society?
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What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
I once raised pigs. And factory farms raise them today in conditions that are as unconscionable as they are invisible.
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The Best News in America
A low murder rate is by no means the only measure of a good society. But it’s a pretty good measure of a society’s...
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There’s No Escaping the Rot in This Justice Department
How long can decent people continue to work for such a corrupted institution?
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Pope Leo’s A.I. Vision Might Not Be Strange Enough
He is both a critic and a normalizer of artificial intelligence.
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It’s Crow, Mr. Trump, Not Lobster
Whatever deal is reached between the United States and Iran, Trump will have to make a big concession: A murderous...
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Deal or No Deal With Iran
A deal to end the current blockade is merely an enticement for the next blockade and the one after that.
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What A.I. Philanthropists Can Learn From the Gilded Age
Leave a physical legacy to future generations, not just a record of programs and disbursements.
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Forget Ozempic. Brain Health Is the New Wellness Frontier.
We’ve never been so mindful of our minds
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The Agony Around the Democrats’ Mysterious, Ridiculous Autopsy
After this fiasco, Ken Martin, the chair of the D.N.C., should be replaced.
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Now Give Me Money (That’s What I Want)
Trump has molded the presidency in his image. It isn’t pretty.
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Your Questions About Nicholas Kristof’s Column on Palestinians and Sexual Assault
The Times offers answers to some of the pressing questions raised.
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Where Are the Republicans Who Put America First?
The “Trump First” wing of the G.O.P. is in ascendance. The rest of the party needs to fight back.
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Hatred of Israel and the Degradation of the West
Feeding narratives to the credulous isn’t speaking truth to power.
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Why College Grads Are Booing Their Commencement Speakers
The generation that grew up with A.I. hates it.
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The Law They Hate Was a High Point of Our History
The Voting Rights Act has more democratic legitimacy than the court that is trying to destroy it.
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The Supreme Court Has Left Us in a Dangerous Place
The ruling in Louisiana v. Callais might drive America’s politics to an even more precarious place of partisan...
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The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers...
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NATO, Please Help. Trump Has No Strategy for Iran.
NATO should overcome its distaste for President Trump and sends its navies to help open up the Strait of Hormuz.
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Democrats Can’t Let This Antisemitic Sex Therapist Win Her Runoff
Maureen Galindo’s rise demonstrates how even justified rage and despair can curdle into hateful paranoia.
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China Is Much Weaker Than It Seems. That’s the Problem.
History shows there is no more productive national asset than freedom.
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This Is What Happened After We Gutted U.S.A.I.D.
Trump’s most lethal policy will almost surely be his 71 percent cut in humanitarian aid from 2024 to 2025.
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Graham Platner Is No Nazi
Conservative attacks are premised on a deliberate misreading of both the candidate and his progressive fans.
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A Democrat Who Makes Me Listen
An interview with Representative Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat from the charismatic center.
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The U.S. and China Have a Common Foe. Hint: It’s Not the U.S.S.R.
A new level of global disorder will face the American and Chinese presidents at their summit. Like Mao and Nixon,...
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Who Really Has the Cards? Trump, Iran or A.I.?
A.I. will drastically increase the power of small states and groups in conflict with the great powers.
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If Democrats Have Appropriate Fear of Trump, They Will Elect Platner
Don’t let the Platner be the enemy of the good.
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Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen
The feeling of efficiency should be mistrusted.
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Two Cocky Authoritarians Blocking Hormuz: What Could Go Wrong?
In the Iran war, we have two overconfident administrations facing off, each believing that time is on its side.
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The Banality of Evil, Again
The distinguishing feature of Cole Tomas Allen’s manifesto is its insipidity.
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Hollywood Movies Like ‘Project Hail Mary’ Are Too Long These Days
“Project Hail Mary” is just the latest overlong blockbuster.
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How Israel Lost Its Way and How Trump Can Save Lebanon
The smashing of a statue of Jesus by an Israeli soldier and the founding of four provocative settlements together...
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Hasan Piker Is Not the Enemy
Conversation is not a reward to be bestowed on those with whom we agree; it’s a base line practice.
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Anthropic’s Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence is happening now.
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‘An Operational Success and a Huge Strategic Failure’
As one expert puts it, this war is “an operational success but a huge strategic failure.”
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The Future We Feared Is Already Here
The showdown between the Pentagon and Anthropic is a window into how unprepared we are for the questions we are facing.
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Ro Khanna Is Shaken by What He’s Learned From the Epstein Files
Epstein’s network may not have known everything, but it is hard to deny that many of them knew enough to know better.
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A Farewell Column From David Brooks
After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build...
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Trump Just Proved Mark Carney’s Point
Canada’s prime minister sees the president all too well.
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This Is How Your Mind Works
Our thoughts are an ever-changing swirl of fears, feelings, desires, impulses, memories and body sensations that...
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The Sins of the Moderates
How are we classical liberals of left, right and center supposed to behave in this new world?
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The Importance of Love and Marriage for an Increasingly Loveless America
America is becoming more loveless: less dating, less marriage, less friendship, less patriotism. But love outside of...
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Sick of Trump News? I’m Here for You.
Here are the best nonfiction essays of the year, according to me.
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What I Love When I Love America
My love of country this Thanksgiving season is not based on what this or that politician does, but on what America...
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The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
Conspiracy mongering about Epstein is making the progressive project impossible.
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An Alternative to Christian Nationalism
Once you put people into categorical boxes, you are inviting them to see history as a zero-sum conflict between this...
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My Farewell Column
Growing into myself as a writer — and doing it in front of and for all of you — has been one of the great honors of...
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Stop Feeling Stunned and Wounded, Liberals. It’s Time to Fight Back.
Americans alarmed by President Trump’s agenda must reunite and recalibrate.
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I Quit Drinking Four Years Ago. I’m Still Confronting Drinking Culture.
Yes, you can become sober and remain social.
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Temporarily Disconnected From Politics? Feel No Guilt About It.
Black women aren’t the only voters who are taking a moment.
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Donate This Holiday Season: Children of Incarcerated Parents Need Your Help
Foreverfamily helps families stay connected.
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The Defeat of Kamala Harris Is Not the End of the Story
The woman-president thing is more than just a check mark on the feminist to-do list.
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Crony Capitalism Is Coming to America
Business success may increasingly depend on connections, not competence.
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How Hostility to Immigrants Will Hurt America’s Tech Sector
Don’t assume that highly educated foreigners will be spared by the new administration.
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The Dollar Still Has Its Mojo. X, Not So Much.
Ruining a network is hard, but Elon Musk shows it’s possible.
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Here’s How Trump Could Lose the Coming Trade War
Economic conflict is coming. He is utterly unsuited to manage it.
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King, Jackson and Obama Had a Dream. Trump Might Have Ended It.
Some Americans have bought into the fallacious logic that prosperity and a broad pursuit of equal rights cannot coexist.
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Why Trump’s Supporters Should Also Be Wary if He Returns to Power
If autocracy comes to America, don’t assume it’ll be soft.
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Kamala Harris Can Make History, Whether or Not She Wants to Talk About It
Don’t let the monarch of Mar-a-Lago take back his throne.
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Leopards Are Telling You That They Will Eat YOUR Face
Many of Donald Trump’s supporters are unprepared for what’s coming if he wins.
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Trump’s Biggest Con: Pretending He’s on the Side of Working Men and Women
He’s even more antilabor and pro-plutocrat than orthodox Republicans.
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How Trump Could Bankrupt Social Security
Retirement benefits for millions of Americans are on the line.
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Why Trump’s Closing Argument Is Full of ‘Locker Room Talk’
By all appearances, he’s embracing vulgarity to exploit the voter gender gap.
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When Patriarchy Trumps Race
Despite his flaws, the former president’s ideas and style appeal to some Black men.
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‘Joy’ Is Working for Harris, but Can It Close the Deal?
The vice president needs to speak with voters directly.
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In Memory of My Husband, Dan
One of the great joys of a long marriage is how the personal and pragmatic moosh together.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Worse Than a Spoiler
Voting for an independent candidate in a presidential contest does not make you principled.
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Abortion Is Remaking Our Political Landscape. Why Aren’t Guns?
Is it possible for us to get to the same place on gun safety that we’re getting to on abortion — where the people who...
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Poor Nikki, Poor Us
Nikki Haley is the only thing saving us from a full year of just Trump vs. Biden.
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The Flaw in the Case Against Amazon
Is the retailer a monopoly? It depends on how you define its competition.
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I Finally Learned How to Draw. Here’s How.
Computers have done for drawing and painting what word processors once did for writing.
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Tech Companies in Silicon Valley Can’t Keep Ignoring Seniors
What if technology companies seriously considered the problems of older customers?
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Vivek Ramaswamy Is a LinkedIn Post Come to Life
Running for president is his latest side hustle.
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Kia and Hyundai Helped Enable a Crime Wave. They Should Pay for It.
The carmakers are being sued for failing to install a basic anti-theft device in millions of cars.
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A Creator (Me) Made a Masterpiece With A.I.
Creativity, not mere mimicry, is human beings’ trump card.
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At Harvard, Affirmative Action Shouldn’t Be Just Black and White
We are far more than six categories on a demographic form.
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Gas-Powered Cars Are an Environmental Catastrophe. I’ll Miss Them Anyway.
Electric cars aren’t nearly as fun to drive.
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It’s Not Possible to ‘Win’ an Argument With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
You can’t win a debate against someone who disregards facts.
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Gavin Newsom, Please Don’t Cut Public Transit Funds. That’s Short-Term Thinking.
Even in a tough budget year, more investment in transit would be money well spent.