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Colin Powell.

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Colin Powell at his worst — and most human

A bullhorn.

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Democrats' religious hypocrisy is on display in Virginia

President Biden.

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Biden's insulting sales pitch

Colin Powell.

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Colin Powell's death is not proof of vaccine failure

Speed Reads

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Where outing the GOP lawmakers at Jan. 6 proved futile

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Large employers fear vaccine mandates will chase away workers. But 'real world data tells a different story.'

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Joe Manchin's 'arbitrary centrism'

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Republicans see inflation as Democrats' downfall

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Almost all Afghans could fall into poverty in coming months, says U.N.

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dies at 84

Politics

Bernie Sanders.

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Right message, wrong messenger?

A container ship.

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Briefing

The supply chain fiasco

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Academic freedom, attacked left and right

Vaccination.

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Bonnie Kristian

Should the CDC hide unverified vaccine data?

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A striking worker.

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American workers are fed up

The working class is restless. Can unions begin a new era in the fight for workers' rights?

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Help Wanted

The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

Culture

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Stop letting COVID infect TV

Brian Cox.

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Succession seems to think it's still 2019

A gardener.

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Bonnie Kristian

The soil of fairy tales

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The upside of urban decline

Cartoons

Fantasy.

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The 4 fantasies dominating American politics

Our political flights from the rigors of reality

Business & Tech

President Biden.

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Biden's Christmas crunch

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Workers slow to return as Delta threat lingers

President Biden.

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Biden's plan to snoop in your bank account

Elon Musk.

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Will Elon Musk turn Texas blue?

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Who are America's peers?

Brett Kavanaugh and a protester.

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The consequences of judicializing abortion

Critical Race Theory.

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Losing the education wars

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Opinion

Let science fiction be weird again

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Baptism at Vatican

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Sicilian Catholic diocese bans godparents

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The American 'Great Resignation' by the numbers

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Jimmy Fallon and Madonna

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4.'Life is not just about interviewing kitties'

Madonna makes Jimmy Fallon sweat, remove coat in 'disturbed' interview

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Halloween Kills scores best pandemic debut for a horror film

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Investigators believe cargo ship dragged California oil pipeline in January

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Biden's plan to snoop in your bank account

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