Opinion

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James Harbeck

The 'book words' that may misle you

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Joel Mathis

Has Trump figured it all out?

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Ryan Cooper

America's long record of judicial despotism

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Kevin Morrow

Against leftist perfectionism

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Jonathan Blanks

The dangerous incentive in a new domestic terror unit

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Rick Henderson

Americans need to be reintroduced to baseball

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Ryan Cooper

Chile's bold political experiment is a lesson for Americans

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Damon Linker

Putin calls America's bluff

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David Faris

Station Eleven and the sweetness of life on Earth

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Samuel Goldman

A skeptic's case for traditional voting

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Stephanie H. Murray

America squandered parents' trust

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Brendan Morrow

Scream takes toxic fandom to task

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Ryan Cooper

The weirdest economy in decades

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James Pethokoukis

Inflation is now a real, serious threat to Biden

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Noah Millman

3 cheers for the pig man

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Samuel Goldman

A new Contract with America

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Ryan Cooper

Driving Afghanistan to famine

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Damon Linker

Self-radicalizing conservatives?

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Ryan Cooper

A preview of GOP 1-party rule

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Joel Mathis

Is it wrong to politicize Jan. 6?

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Ryan Cooper

Triumph of the Biden-Trump stimulus?

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Jeva Lange

9 books to read in 2022

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David Faris

15 movies to watch in 2022

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Noah Millman

Does Putin want to avoid war?

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Alex Reice

How the algorithm killed the jingle

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James Pethokoukis

Why Apple's $3 trillion valuation bodes well for us all

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Samuel Goldman

Standing athwart slobs, yelling 'stop'

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Ryan Cooper

How America could have open schools

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Damon Linker

Our inadequate COVID blame game

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Samuel Goldman

Banning Trump from re-election is a pipe dream

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Jason Thacker

Content moderation can't stop another Jan. 6

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Ryan Cooper

Impunity is the rule for American elites

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Rick Henderson

Republican politicians can't duck the implications of Jan. 6

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Samuel Goldman

The Capitol riot's roots in the New Left

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David Faris

A lost year for American democracy