Damon Linker

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A curtain falls

opinion I bid adieu to 'The Week'

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  Philly's mask mandate is back, but it's got little to do with COVID

  opinion The time for performative disease prevention is over

  By Damon Linker Published 13 April 22

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  Will the far-right prevail in France this weekend?

  opinion President Macron has taken to the world stage, but slipped in the polls at home

  By Damon Linker Published 8 April 22

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  Is the Russia-Ukraine war a 'clash of civilizations'?

  Talking Point

  By Damon Linker Published 30 March 22

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  Russia and Ukraine are talking, but beware the poisoned chalice

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  By Damon Linker Published 30 March 22

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  When the latest COVID wave arrives, do nothing

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  By Damon Linker Published 23 March 22

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  The new journal hoping to serve as a big tent for antiliberal politics

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  By Damon Linker Published 22 March 22

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  Why Ukraine has united hawks and their critics alike

  opinion What's caused the shift? Maybe there wasn't a shift at all.

  By Damon Linker Published 22 March 22

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  You're wrong about the percentage of minorities in the U.S.

  opinion How demographic misperceptions fuel rightwing media fearmongers

  By Damon Linker Published 18 March 22

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  If you want to debate on campus, become an academic

  opinion The confusion about the university in our conversations about campus cancel culture

  By Damon Linker Published 8 March 22

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  How Putin midwifed the United States of Europe

  opinion How Russia's war in Ukraine launched a new era of European unity

  By Damon Linker Published 4 March 22

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  Will Western restraint survive a brutal battle in Kyiv?

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  By Damon Linker Published 1 March 22

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  When 'doing something' isn't an option

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  By Damon Linker Published 24 February 22

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  The past is dangerous — if you know how to use it

  opinion Putin, Trump, and the irresponsible wielding of history

  By Damon Linker Published 24 February 22

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  Is negotiation with Putin over Ukraine even possible?

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  By Damon Linker Published 22 February 22

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  Tensions between the U.S. and Russia just took their darkest turn yet

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  By Damon Linker Published 17 February 22

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  Finding words for the challenge and wonder of friendship

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  By Damon Linker Published 9 February 22

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  The pathological politics of leaving the pandemic behind

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  By Damon Linker Published 9 February 22

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  Life is not a simulation

  opinion Don't waste your time wondering if the world is real

  By Damon Linker Published 8 February 22

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  Lost on the way to a post-pandemic normal

  opinion How do we find our way out of this mess? I wish I knew.

  By Damon Linker Published 1 February 22

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  Princeton gives a pay raise to some of the most privileged people in the world

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  By Damon Linker Published 26 January 22

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  The fundamentally irrational American response to COVID-19

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  By Damon Linker Published 25 January 22

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  America's hyperbole habit is the worst thing ever

  opinion The risk and roots of our nonstop panic and alarm

  By Damon Linker Published 25 January 22

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  The 2 hard truths Democrats need to share with their voters

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  By Damon Linker Published 18 January 22

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  How to actually fix America's election problem

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  By Damon Linker Published 11 January 22

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