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Is Democracy Dying or America Disintegrating?0
- Politics
- January 28, 2022
“What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people.” What did John Adams mean when he wrote this to Thomas Jefferson in 1815, after both had served as president? Adams
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At School, Learning Helplessness 0
- Culture
- January 28, 2022
Jodi M. is a seventh-grade health teacher in a quiet, distant suburb of New York City. She is worried about her students, many of whom have lost their independence and become less resilient as a result of the pandemic. “These kids are so anxious and depressed they can’t do anything for themselves,” she says. (I’m
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Good and Bad News in Our Ongoing Bout With COVID 0
- Culture
- January 27, 2022
First, the good news: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has declared an end to all Wuhan Flu restrictions in Great Britain. No more mandates. No more masks. No more lockdowns. No more vaccine passports. Boris’s speech last week in Parliament was “the most consequential statement by
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Biden Preemptively Questions 2022—But Trump’s a ‘Big Liar’ About 2020 0
- Politics
- January 27, 2022
Former President Donald Trump questions the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. For half the country, this makes him a “sore loser” who promotes “conspiracy theories” and pushes “The Big Lie.” But when President Joe Biden in his recent press conference preemptively questions the legitimacy of the 2022 midterm elections, nine months before they even
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In Ukraine, the American Security State Must Face a Difficult Reality 0
- International
- January 26, 2022
After weeks of vague threats and halfhearted condemnations, the United States government seems to have made its first clear decision on how to respond to the escalating Russia-Ukraine crisis: back out. Over the weekend, the American embassy in Kiev announced it would evacuate nonessential personnel. At the same time, the U.S. put more than 8,000
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Crimes Are Crimes, No Matter How Petty 0
- Culture
- January 26, 2022
There’s nothing petty about petty crime. Tolerate it, and society descends into disorder. You’re standing in line at Starbucks and watch a freeloader go to the front, pick out a sandwich and walk out without paying. No one says a word. Or you pay your bills, then find out thieves have robbed the blue USPS
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