Latest articles by David Faris
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A new theory of rising college costs
opinion Tuition would be lower if our society were stronger
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Succession's lack of a satisfying resolution might be the whole point
opinion Succession is a Sisyphus fable in which you root for the boulder
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No, we can't just 'vaccinate the world'
opinion Vaccinating Africa won't stop the next Omicron
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The distinctly American catharsis of the Thanksgiving movie
opinion Dysfunction, anxiety, and 1 big bird
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What is America's COVID endgame?
opinion With cases in retreat and vaccines for children imminent, when can we breathe?
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The madness of expanding NATO
opinion This is a door the Biden administration ought to keep closed
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Stephen Breyer needs to retire. Now.
Talking Point Mitch McConnell all but confirmed his absolutist position
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The death of cities was greatly exaggerated
The Explainer Why the pandemic predictions about urban flight were wrong
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Did the pandemic end globalization?
The Explainer The post-COVID world might be a bit more insular and less integrated than the one that came before
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America's parents are not okay
opinion The brutal truth of pandemic parenting in America
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Baby, it's COVID outside
opinion On Americans' catastrophic impatience this Christmas
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Coronavirus' looming psychological crisis
The Explainer On the coming epidemic of despair
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Trump is setting up a massive nuclear crisis with Iran
opinion Forget about deterrence. Trump has broken all three cardinal rules about avoiding war.
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How to exit the Middle East and end up at war with Iran
opinion An 11-year story involving two presidents and one spiteful airstrike
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Trump's perilous delusions about Tehran
opinion Because he doesn't want full-on war with Iran, Trump thinks he can engage in any insane provocation he likes without triggering one. Sooner or later, he's going to run out of luck.
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Donald Trump and the Derp State
opinion How Trump's band of dirty tricksters skirted the foreign policy apparatus and unwittingly brought his presidency to the brink
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Rashida Tlaib said something extraordinary about Israel. Then Republicans perverted it.
opinion On the smearing of the most prominent Palestinian-American in the country
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Is this Trump crisis different?
opinion When it comes to Trump and foreign policy, ours is a false sense of security
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Is baseball headed for a disastrous strike?
The Explainer Free agency is in the middle of a crisis
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Why Trump firing Mueller would be pointless
feature No amount of presidential theatrics can prevent the truth from coming out
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Cancel the All-Star Game
opinion Baseball's Midsummer Classic is a worthless relic. It's time to put it out of its misery.
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The uncertainty, fear, and hope of the Trump-Kim summit
opinion What can we expect from this historic meeting?
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The wretched state of Florida baseball
The Explainer The Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays are taking tanking to new lows
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Trump's Syrian whiplash
The Explainer How can the president lurch from recommending a precipitous withdrawal from Syria to, as seems likely, ordering another military strike on Assad?
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