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On Trump, the Supreme Court Fails to Look in the Mirror
At the end of another momentous term, the Supreme Court has issued major rulings that will reshape the law. Like…
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Notes From a Formerly Unpromising Young Person
In 2007 my email inbox dinged with a name I recognized but hadn’t seen in more than 20 years. I…
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How Biden Can Win Over Young Latinos
Roughly every 30 seconds, a Latino in the United States reaches voting age. More than one-fifth of Latinos who are…
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Is Kamala Harris Underrated?
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ If Joe Biden steps aside for the Democratic presidential nomination — still a very…
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Miracle Whip, Onboarding and the Wonders of the English Language
On a Zoom call recently, someone mentioned the “onboarding” of a new workplace policy. She pronounced it with the accent…
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Gettysburg’s Lost Cause Problem
Amid a sea of stone plaques and obelisks at Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania sits a modest monument to…
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Ray Kurzweil Still Says He Will Merge With A.I.
Sitting near a window inside Boston’s Four Seasons Hotel, overlooking a duck pond in the city’s Public Garden, Ray Kurzweil…
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A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secrets, Raising Fears That China Could, Too
A security breach at the maker of ChatGPT last year revealed internal discussions among researchers and other employees, but not…
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Our Planet Is About to Reach Its Greatest Distance From the Sun
Earth whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. On Friday the planet will reach its farthest…
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Melodies of Popular Songs Have Gotten Simpler Over Time
“Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody,” Billy Joel crooned in “Piano Man,” his iconic 1973 barroom ballad.…