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How a Heat Wave Could Become a Catastrophe
On a recent Thursday evening, a freakish windstorm called a derecho (Spanish for “straight ahead”) hit Houston, a city of…
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My Country Shows What Europe Has Become
He could have been anywhere. Delivering a speech to a group of Belgian businessmen this year, Barack Obama warned about…
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First They Came for My Country’s Future. Now They’re Destroying Its Past.
On the evening of April 14, 2023, I was at a concert in Khartoum. The end of Ramadan was near,…
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South Africa Confronts Israel and Its Own Democracy
Hosted by Lydia Polgreen and Max Strasser Listen to and follow ‘Matter of Opinion’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music…
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The Widespread Harm of Nuclear Testing
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The Ghost Trees of Chicago
In May, parts of Chicago were covered for the first time in 17 years by a brood of buzzing, mating,…
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They Revolutionized Shopping, With Tea Sandwiches on the Side
In “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue,” Julie Satow celebrates the savvy leaders who made Bonwit, Bendel’s and Lord & Taylor…
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Should Trump Be Sentenced to Prison? Two Opposing Views.
Now that Donald Trump has been convicted on 34 felony counts, his sentencing hearing looms on July 11. Below are…
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Hunter Biden Should Take a Plea Deal. Quickly.
Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on three felony gun charges in a trial that…
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The Case for (Temporary) Celibacy
In his first letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul issues one of Christianity’s better-known if lesser-observed dictates: It’s best…