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Why Voters Aren’t Buying Biden’s Boasts About Bidenomics
On Oct. 26, the Department of Commerce announced that gross domestic product had grown at an annual rate of 4.9…
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Reason Prevailed in the House. For Just One Day.
The lights are going to stay on in federal government offices, and also in the suite of the House speaker,…
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Progressives Aren’t Liberal
Remember when “liberal” was a dirty word? In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, who often prefaced it with a damning “tax…
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A Safe Injection Site Won’t Destroy Your Neighborhood. It May Save It.
Over 100,000 Americans now die from drug overdoses annually. To combat this crisis in New York City and save lives,…
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In Britain, Reality Is Cleaving in Two
In Britain, Armistice Day is usually an understated affair, marked only by two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. This…
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What We Get Wrong About Israel and Gaza
With the bilateral slaughter in the Middle East unleashing poisons that are worsening hatred worldwide, let me outline what I…
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Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With the World Is Mostly Hate
Sometimes I miss the good old days when Donald Trump could be shocking. It’s really hard to imagine something he…
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The Question of Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism
Last week, I gave a lecture at the University of California at San Diego about politics and social justice. Afterward,…
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Welcome to the New Economics of Tipping
Why do you tip? And have your reasons for tipping changed lately? Is there less gratitude in the mix and…
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For an N.B.A. Star, a Dream House Became a Nightmare
Irate investors looking for a bankrupt “crypto king” were regular visitors to the new Toronto-area home of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of…