Engaging With a Conservative on Campus
Responses to a conservative professor’s guest essay. Also: JD Vance at the debate; caring for child caregivers; smaller restaurant portions.
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2024-10-04 16:42:16
The Economy Is at a Hinge Moment
The economist Jason Furman discusses the economic fights that the next presidential administration will face.
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2024-10-04 16:42:16
Unpacking the Role JD Vance Played on That Debate Stage
Neither candidate engaged with the core criticisms facing their parties.
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Amy Wax Is Outrageous and Demeaning. She Shouldn’t Be Punished.
Amy Wax’s statements are indefensible. But so is the University of Pennsylvania’s response.
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RFK Jr.’s Health Freedom Movement is a False Cure
Giving him a top health job would entrench partisanship around public health.
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2024-10-03 14:56:16
A Good Reason for Rural Rage: The Crushing Power of Corporate Meat
Highlighting efforts to reduce the power of Big Ag over farmers can be a winning strategy for Harris.
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2024-10-03 14:56:16
The Case Kamala Harris Can’t Stop Prosecuting
Being tougher on so-called frauds, cheaters and financial predators would make the criminal justice system a bit more equal.
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2024-10-03 14:56:15
Why Israel Is Worried About Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Despite the supreme leader’s stated religious objections to nuclear weapons, Tehran has been steadily making progress on its nuclear weapons capabilities over the course of the past year.
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2024-10-03 14:56:15
The Complicated Legacy of Betty Ford’s Breast Cancer Story
As with many stories of celebrity illness, Ms. Ford’s was inspirational but complicated.
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2024-10-03 14:56:15
Trump Lost the Trade War to China. America Needs a New Strategy.
America’s goal shouldn’t be merely to block Chinese goods, but to outcompete them. That will require cooperation.
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2024-10-03 14:56:15
Eric Adams and the Creeping Threat of Foreign Interference
If other nations can influence New York City’s mayor, who can’t they influence?
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2024-10-03 14:56:15
Thomas Friedman: ‘This Is Code Red Time in the Middle East’
The columnist weighs in on Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel and what comes next.
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2024-10-03 14:56:15
Putin Keeps Threatening to Use Nuclear Weapons. Would He?
Last week the president of Russia appeared to lower the threshold for his country’s use of nuclear weapons. It wasn’t subtle, and it wasn’t meant to be.
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2024-10-03 14:56:15
Trump, Vance and the Jan. 6 Case
Readers respond to the special counsel Jack Smith’s filing. Also: The pain of IUD insertions; food and the environment; A.I. and the patient.
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JD Vance Is Smoother — but No Better — Than Donald Trump
Do not use normal appraisals for an abnormal election.
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