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Nicholas Kristof: ‘Never Bet Against Democracy in the Long Run’
By Nicholas Kristof Produced by Jillian Weinberger Nicholas Kristof has spent his career reporting on difficult topics: genocide, war, famine.…
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Student Activism Over Gaza: Admirable or Ill Informed?
More from our inbox: Faith, Family and the Republican PartyDeep Dish Pizza? Meh!Credit...Kyle PlattsRe “Dear Boomers, the Student Protesters Are…
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Bibi Is Choosing Stefanik and Trump. President Biden, Don’t Be Fooled.
If you are keeping score at home, you have surely noticed that the two most important defense officials in Benjamin…
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Who’s in More Trouble: Israel or Iran?
An astute friend recently observed that today’s crisis in the Middle East boils down to one question about two dates:…
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Return of the Inflation Truthers
Has U.S. inflation come down? Yes. We have two main measures of inflation: the Consumer Price Index, which pretty much…
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C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
It cost $18,000 when it was introduced in 1965, but it bridged the world between room-size mainframes and the modern…
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Dr. Paul Parkman, Who Helped to Eliminate Rubella, Dies at 91
He also identified the virus, which can cause infants to be born with severe physical and mental impairments as well…
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David Redden, Who Brought Ingenuity to the Auction Block, Dies at 75
He brought a P.T. Barnum-like showmanship to Sotheby’s, where he sold items like Babe Ruth’s bat and a research rover…
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A.I.’s Black Boxes Just Got a Little Less Mysterious
Researchers at the A.I. company Anthropic claim to have found clues about the inner workings of large language models, possibly…
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Supernova or Coronavirus: Can You Tell the Difference?
A scientist finds beauty in the “visual synonyms” that exist in images seen through microscopes and telescopes.