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A.I. Is Giving Us Answers Right Away. That’s Making Us Dumber.

A.I. Is Giving Us Answers Right Away. That’s Making Us Dumber.

What used to be a meandering journey is now an immediate arrival at your destination.

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Anne-Laure le Cunff

Democratic Socialists Are on the Rise. We’ve Seen This Movie Before.

Democratic Socialists Are on the Rise. We’ve Seen This Movie Before.

Mainstream party leaders can’t dodge a fight with their left.

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Bret Stephens

America Was Being Played. The Bessent Doctrine Says Those Days Are Over.

America Was Being Played. The Bessent Doctrine Says Those Days Are Over.

The United States is changing the rules of trade in its favor.

yesterday 3

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Mohamed A. El-Erian

Is This Liberalism’s Last Stand?

Is This Liberalism’s Last Stand?

The “death certificates” issued for liberalism, one analyst says, are “premature.”

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Thomas B. Edsall

A Radical Vision for Israelis and Palestinians

A Radical Vision for Israelis and Palestinians

The old solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict don’t seem to fit the present reality. A Land for All proposes an alternative.

yesterday 2

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Jack McCordick

This Land Was Made for You and Me. Not Just Trump.

This Land Was Made for You and Me. Not Just Trump.

On a day celebrating harmony, Trump sang a tune of “This land belongs to me and mine.”

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Thomas L. Friedman

Welcome to JD Vance’s Clash of Civilizations

The vice president’s theology comes in book form.

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Carlos Lozada

Europe Is Coming Together, and Cracking Up

The greatest dangers lie within.

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David Broder

Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster

Many Democrats want representatives as furious as they are. That makes it easier for unfit candidates to escape proper vetting.

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Michelle Goldberg

Trump Wins the FIFA Appease Prize

Is it fair that players live in one reality and referees live in another? Is it fair that President Trump trumps them all?

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Bill Saporito

The Elusive Promise of the Four-Day Workweek

The Elusive Promise of the Four-Day Workweek

The very leaders rhapsodizing about a shorter workweek are demanding more time, not less, from their employees.

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Joanne Lipman

The Bling and Brutality of American ‘Diplomacy’

The Bling and Brutality of American ‘Diplomacy’

For Trump, cage fighting is the new “Kumbaya.”

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Frank Bruni

The Collective Identity Crisis of Jewish America

The Collective Identity Crisis of Jewish America

Over the years, I have moved toward the way of being Jewish that my father rejected.

previous day 3

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Nicholas Lemann

Go On, Date Your Co-Workers

Go On, Date Your Co-Workers

Meeting a partner at work used to be common. Now? Not so much. But office romance can be sexy — plus, it’s got a better success rate than the apps.

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Juno Kelly

A Great University Is Undermining Itself

A Great University Is Undermining Itself

Under the test-blind policy, more students are thrown into classes for which they are unprepared.

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The Editorial Board

NATO’s Trickiest Problem Isn’t Trump. It’s Squabbling Europeans.

NATO’s Trickiest Problem Isn’t Trump. It’s Squabbling Europeans.

It’s time for the rest of the alliance to get its act together.

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Massimo Calabresi

The Art of Summitry

The Art of Summitry

The performance is meant to imply that the world is an orderly place, or at least a place on which reasonable people are determined to impose some...

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Jan Staiger

Let’s Chill Out About Our Sleep Habits

The evidence for needing eight hours of sleep a night is shakier than we might assume.

sunday 3

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Ryan McCormick

Mexico Has Been Waiting for This

Mexico Has Been Waiting for This

In Mexico City, World Cup euphoria is overshadowing political gloom.

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Ioan Grillo

Maybe You Don’t Need Therapy

Maybe You Don’t Need Therapy

Many patients misunderstand what therapy reliably provides.

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Harvey Lieberman

The Presidential Cage Match We Needed Is the One We Never Got

The Presidential Cage Match We Needed Is the One We Never Got

The proxy battles we got instead have not settled questions we have to settle.

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Ezra Klein

It Failed in France. It Would Be a Disaster in California.

It Failed in France. It Would Be a Disaster in California.

California might bet its future on the notion that billionaires won’t leave. But they are already fleeing the state.

sunday 10

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Benjamin Jaros

The Growing Daylight Between Netanyahu and Trump

The Growing Daylight Between Netanyahu and Trump

There is suddenly daylight between the Trump administration and Netanyahu.

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Mairav Zonszein

Technology Ruined Our Lazy Days at the Lake

Living at the lake house taught me about risk taking and other life lessons.

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Dan Kadlec

No One Wants to Hear It, but Maybe We’re Not That Polarized

No One Wants to Hear It, but Maybe We’re Not That Polarized

Americans have been told for at least two decades that they share less and less, while the data show the actual overlap holding roughly steady.

04.07.2026 0

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Brian F. Schaffner

The Purgatory Job Market of 2026

04.07.2026 5

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Jessica Grose

The Unifying Speech We Won’t Get This Independence Day

The Unifying Speech We Won’t Get This Independence Day

America, we need a new beginning.

04.07.2026 9

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Mac Abdi

What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness

What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness

Scandinavia is the land of five-week vacations, virtually free university, one-year parental leaves, easy child care — and very happy citizens.

04.07.2026 8

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Marthe Thu

America at 250

America at 250

The truth worth celebrating this summer is that our country is still being made.

04.07.2026 20

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The Editorial Board

Founding Father vs. Foundering Toddler

Founding Father vs. Foundering Toddler

No. 1 puts No. 45/47 to shame.

04.07.2026 40

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Maureen Dowd

Mary Beard Looks at Trump and Sees Roman Emperors

Mary Beard Looks at Trump and Sees Roman Emperors

Arches, gladiatorial fights, portraits on money, flattery. What century is this?

03.07.2026 5

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John Guida

We Didn’t Build the Atomic Bomb This Way

We Didn’t Build the Atomic Bomb This Way

There’s no reason the United States should refrain from building its own frontier A.I. model.

03.07.2026 2

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Dan Rockmore

Trump Ruined the Fourth of July for Me

Trump Ruined the Fourth of July for Me

Washington feels as if it is under occupation.

03.07.2026 3

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Robin Givhan

The America That’s Still Possible

The America That’s Still Possible

On America’s 250th anniversary, Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights lawyer and the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, looks toward the work that...

03.07.2026 6

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Annie Galvin

This Pathetic Groveling Is No Way to Rebuild a Party

This Pathetic Groveling Is No Way to Rebuild a Party

The Democrats’ constant solicitations for cash do not make their supporters feel like they are on a winning team.

03.07.2026 20

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Michelle Cottle

The West Has Let Russia Off the Hook. Time to Tighten the Screws.

The West Has Let Russia Off the Hook. Time to Tighten the Screws.

NATO’s upcoming meeting in Ankara should close the sanctions loopholes that fund Russia’s war in Ukraine while oil prices are falling.

03.07.2026 5

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French Hill

Taylor Swift, What Are You Doing?

Taylor Swift, What Are You Doing?

Why am I dreading the Swift-Kelce wedding?

02.07.2026 40

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Alice Bolin

Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy

Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy

Despite the jobs numbers, the economy is deteriorating under Trump’s policies.

02.07.2026 4

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Steven N. Durlauf

You’re Going to Get Hacked. The Only Solution Is to Abandon Your Shame.

You’re Going to Get Hacked. The Only Solution Is to Abandon Your Shame.

“So what?” needs to be our response to the salacious, titillating and terrifying hacks that could come our way.

02.07.2026 3

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Juleanna Glover

Madonna Has Become an Avatar for Our Fear of Aging

Madonna Has Become an Avatar for Our Fear of Aging

The Material Girl used to mean everything to me.

02.07.2026 7

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Glynnis Macnicol

The Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law

The Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law

It’s never just a game.

02.07.2026 10

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M. Gessen

Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod

Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod

The Supreme Court seesaw is swinging hard.

02.07.2026 50

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David French

The World Has Failed the Uyghurs

If the global community can’t stop China’s atrocities against the Uyghurs, it must help us keep our culture alive in exile.

01.07.2026 50

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Tahir Imin

We Need to Retrofit the Planet. The Heat Wave Proves It.

The world’s infrastructure was built for a climate we no longer have.

01.07.2026 10

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David Wallace-Wells

LeBron Can Go Home Again

James doesn’t need another championship ring or another record. He needs to be loved more.

01.07.2026 7

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Kevin Merida

U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Killed People. That’s the Truth.

Musk insists that his demolition of humanitarian aid didn’t cost lives. So I propose he take a trip with me.

01.07.2026 9

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Nicholas Kristof

Another Major Precedent Crumbles at the Supreme Court. 3 Legal Scholars Assess the Fallout.

Another Major Precedent Crumbles at the Supreme Court. 3 Legal Scholars Assess the Fallout.

What it means to have a “no ifs, ands or quasis about it” problem.

01.07.2026 9

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Stephen I. Vladeck

The Gap Between the Families We Have and the Ones Conservatives Want

The Gap Between the Families We Have and the Ones Conservatives Want

It makes absolutely no sense to create a definition of marriage that excludes the desires and ideals of a substantial majority of Americans.

01.07.2026 9

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Jessica Grose

Is Kidmaxxing the Ultimate Status Symbol for Ultimate Wealth?

Is Kidmaxxing the Ultimate Status Symbol for Ultimate Wealth?

What drives these men to reproduce at an industrial scale?

01.07.2026 30

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Anna Louie Sussman

What Zionism Has Always Meant

What Zionism Has Always Meant

Understanding Jewish self-determination.

01.07.2026 8

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Ari D. Berman