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World
In a Portland Library, Activists Fortify for a Standoff
At Portland State University’s crescent-shaped library, students can normally peer through floor-to-ceiling windows at the leafy green spaces below. But…
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Magazine
Why Are Movies so Bad at Making Civil War Look Scary?
The filmmaker has made it clear that “Civil War” is a warning. Instead, the ugliness of war comes across as…
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Politics
Trump Is Flirting With Quack Economics
More than 30 years ago, the economists Rudiger Dornbusch (one of my mentors) and Sebastian Edwards wrote a classic paper…
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Politics
What Students Read Before They Protest
When I was a college undergraduate 25 years ago, the fancy school that I attended offered what it styled as…
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Politics
You’ve Been Wronged. That Doesn’t Make You Right.
We are living in a golden age of aggrievement. No matter who you are or what your politics, whatever your…
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Politics
Give Me Liberty or Give Me … What?
If the American experiment finally decides to call it quits, how might a national breakup begin? Perhaps California moves toward…
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Politics
Criminalizing Homelessness Won’t Make It Go Away
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTCriminalizing Homelessness Won’t Make It Go Away April 16, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ETShare full articleBy Mark Horvath,…
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Politics
What if Dario Amodei Is Right About A.I.?
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Back in 2018, Dario Amodei worked at OpenAI. And looking at one of its…
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Politics
J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
President Biden wants the world to believe that the biggest obstacle facing Ukraine is Republicans and our lack of commitment…
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Politics
Where Is America’s ‘Rules-Based Order’ Now?
No sooner had a nearly unanimous United Nations Security Councilpassed a resolution demanding an “immediate cease-fire” in Gaza last month…