Latest articles by Paul Waldman
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The North Korea summit is shaping up to be one of Trump's biggest disasters
opinion It's already going down the tubes
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The coming Trump faceplant on North Korea
opinion It's already clear how the president's negotiations with Kim Jong Un will end
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Spoiler alert: Trump will probably bomb Syria
opinion 4 reasons why Trump is almost certainly going to lob missiles at Assad
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What does Trump want from Putin?
opinion On the lopsided relationship between the American and Russian presidents
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Why the answer to America's gun problem lies due north
opinion Emulate Canada?
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Star Wars and the unfortunate ubiquity of the Final Climactic Explosion
The Explainer For the love of the Force, don't let The Last Jedi end with a bang
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What the Star Wars 'who-shot-first' controversy tells us about modern-day fandom
feature We live in an age in which audiences simply reject a filmmaker's explanation of what happens in his movie
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Ban guns
opinion Yeah, I'll say it
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Leadership tips from Donald J. Trump
opinion When people for whom you're responsible suffer unexpected hardship, take the opportunity to insult them
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Just let North Korea have nukes
opinion Kim Jong Un is acting rationally about nuclear weapons. Is Trump?
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How badly will Trump's trip go?
opinion "They're freaking out"
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The most powerful Cabinet ever faces the least serious hearings ever
feature That's an obvious problem
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How killer robots will save us all
feature Autonomous robots might sound scary, but in the future, they could actually prevent a lot of unnecessary deaths
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In defense of Peter Thiel's vampirism
opinion I, too, would like to live to be 1,000
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How America inadvertently set up a natural experiment on gun control
The Explainer At the state level, America has moved in two different directions on guns simultaneously. It's already very revealing.
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Why billionaires are so easily duped by political grifters
feature 2016 is going to be a bonanza for the consultant class
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How killer robots will save us all
opinion Autonomous robots might sound scary, but in the future, they could actually prevent a lot of unnecessary deaths
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The GOP presidential candidates really embarrassed themselves during the Iran navy incident
opinion It was a brainless display of brawn
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The limits of the Second Amendment
opinion The Supreme Court just declined to hear a case on the assault weapons ban. What does that mean for gun control?
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America's grim bargain on guns
opinion Every year, 33,636 Americans pay for the Second Amendment with their lives
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Who gets to decide whether Han shot first?
The Explainer We live in an age in which audiences simply reject a filmmaker's explanation of what happens in his movie
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In defense of hot takes
opinion We are in a golden age of opinion writing. Time to savor it.
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Aylan Kurdi, and the ethics of an image that shocked the world
The Explainer When is it okay to publish a photo of a dead toddler?
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The frightening truth about the future of driverless cars
opinion For self-driving cars to be safe, they have to communicate. And that makes them vulnerable to hackers.
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