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Megan Mcardle

Megan Mcardle

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My parents are gone, but we’re honoring them this Thanksgiving

This will be my first Thanksgiving as an orphan, which simultaneously seems a strange way to describe yourself at 51 and the most accurate rendition...

27.11.2024 30

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The ‘Emerging Democratic Majority’ is no longer emerging. Now what?

21.11.2024 10

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Liberal media bias is hurting Democrats. Really.

I used to spend a lot of time complaining that liberal media bias hurt Republican politicians and conservative causes. I no longer make that argument....

18.11.2024 30

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Democrats should stop campaigning on abortion. Voters are settling it.

09.11.2024 10

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Don’t lose sight of why Trump won

Over the next weeks and months, we will witness a bitter, brutal fight among factions of the Democratic Party over how to rebuild after a shattering...

07.11.2024 20

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Garbage scandal shows what happens when we hate half the country

Garbage-gate might not be the scandal America deserves this election cycle, but it’s the one we’ve earned. First, Donald Trump’s campaign...

02.11.2024 60

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Harris hopes to get wavering Republicans. Will it work?

In campaigning with former congresswoman Liz Cheney, the Harris campaign believes it is making a play for Republicans who can’t stomach former...

01.11.2024 6

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Yes, conservatives, the system is broken. No, Trump’s fixes won’t work.

01.11.2024 60

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Trump’s ads on trans issues are effective. Harris has herself to blame.

25.10.2024 30

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Shoplifting is a real problem. Denying it doesn’t help.

It’s hard to pick just one favorite form of internet insanity, but, if I had to, it would definitely be shoplifting denialism. Over the last few...

22.10.2024 20

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Why we need age limits for presidential candidates

Given our rapid demographic shifts, I suppose it was inevitable that the problems of an aging society would be embodied in a presidential election...

19.10.2024 30

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My father’s story shows Harris’s home health-care plan is no easy fix

15.10.2024 20

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Why the port strike ended quickly — but Boeing workers aren’t so lucky

While the striking port workers were hogging all the media attention, on the West Coast another strike was quietly easing through its third week....

10.10.2024 20

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I’ve written many dark and stormy columns on free speech. Not this one.

For the past 10 years, I’ve watched in dismay as institution after institution abandoned what I had believed were bedrock commitments to free...

03.10.2024 10

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AI is an existential threat to colleges. Can they adapt?

30.09.2024 30

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You might not enjoy ‘Am I Racist?’ You should watch it anyway.

As I drove to the AMC theater in Danvers, Mass., my phone kept peppering me with the same plaintive question: “Am I Racist?” It was startling the...

23.09.2024 30

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The Tupperware party was good while it lasted

19.09.2024 40

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Democrats downplay extremist positions. Do they even remember them?

The correction is the most underrated journalistic form. Almost no one reads them except other journalists. But read properly, each one tells a little...

17.09.2024 30

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How to lift people out of poverty without just giving them cash

The government struggles with a lot — but one thing it excels at is writing checks. There’s a reason Social Security is one of the U.S....

09.09.2024 8

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Cash alone proves inadequate to solve the problems of the poor

In recent years, a growing number of people have decided that the smart way to tackle poverty is with cash. This idea assumes that most of what ails...

04.09.2024 30

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Let’s talk about free speech after Pavel Durov’s indictment

29.08.2024 6

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Harris has an exotic plan to tax the rich. But it’s not enough.

Taxing unrealized capital gains is a desperation move. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office...

26.08.2024 20

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Why Harris’s housing plan won’t work

Kamala Harris can’t count on adding 3 million houses to the market by 2028. Houses under construction in Brambleton, Va. (Andrew...

21.08.2024 30

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Why the disinformation brigade has utterly failed to weaken Trump

Too many efforts to weed out falsehoods have been marred by politics. A viewer watches Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump on X on...

16.08.2024 6

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What will the Google antitrust ruling mean for search — and all of us?

Opinion What will the Google antitrust ruling mean for search — and all of us? Creating more competition could be good for everyone, including...

10.08.2024 6

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When markets get scary, crypto proves its worthlessness

On Monday, bitcoin did the opposite of what it’s supposed to do. Coin renderings of cryptocurrencies bitcoin, dash, ethereum, ripple and...

08.08.2024 60

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The perfect crime of 2024 happened on Tuesday

No one was harmed, and the suspect is in custody. What remains is the symbolism. Secret Service agents at the Republican National Convention...

02.08.2024 20

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J.D. Vance can’t go back in time — and neither can the rest of us

The days of America’s manufacturing boom are gone for good. Refrigerators are seen at a Lowe's outlet store in Miami in 2022. (Joe...

25.07.2024 20

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What’s to blame for the CrowdStrike mess? Our drive for efficiency.

Big tech companies can be more useful than many small ones — until something goes wrong. Travelers at Austin's international airport...

20.07.2024 40

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Biden’s bad rent-control idea has no upside

Capping rents dampens an essential signal to developers to build more housing units. A "For Rent" sign outside a Sacramento apartment...

18.07.2024 20

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What does J.D. Vance mean for the future of the GOP?

Trump’s choice will reverberate in the party for years. J.D. Vance speaks at a press conference in New York on May 13. (Stefan Jeremiah/AP,...

16.07.2024 10

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How the media sleepwalked into Biden’s debate disaster

There’s only one path that can prevent another failure. President Biden speaks to reporters at the White House on Feb 8. (Tom Brenner for...

11.07.2024 40

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The 25th Amendment is the wrong way to deal with Biden’s decline

The Democratic Party has time to make a better choice. President Biden steps out of a Jeep Wrangler after a test drive in August 2021....

03.07.2024 20

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The crucial questions about gender care are not political or legal

We need to know whether treatments benefit most children who receive them. One patient's prescription testosterone supply in Thomasville, Ala....

02.07.2024 20

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Slay the mortgage interest tax deduction! Now, while we can!

Let’s ditch this sop to the rich. (Gerry Broome/AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...

21.06.2024 30

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Sony’s purchase of Alamo Drafthouse is a gift to moviegoers

The acquisition is one way to ensure a market remains for films best seen in theaters. A moviegoer waits inside an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in...

19.06.2024 20

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Why congestion pricing — a great idea! — is doomed

If it can’t be done in New York City, it probably can’t be done anywhere else in America. Traffic from Brooklyn enters Manhattan over the...

12.06.2024 9

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Don’t blame the Supreme Court for universities’ stunning reversal on DEI

Why exclusive schools are excluding inclusion. A gate at Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass. (iStock) Listen 5 min ...

10.06.2024 30

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Flags in Atkinson, Neb., wave for America — and for my father

The world is rich with the things he left behind. Megan McArdle and her father at her wedding in 2010. (Katie Carney) (Photo by Katie Carney) ...

05.06.2024 20

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The only real fix to Social Security’s problems? More babies.

14.05.2024 60

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Who loses in the ‘man or bear’ showdown? Women.

Lies, damned lies and arguments over a silly video. A female grizzly bear photographed by an automatic trail camera in northwestern Montana in...

09.05.2024 50

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Democratic politicians aren’t looking for student protesters’ support

Protesters face off against security forces on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles early Wednesday. (David Swanson/Reuters) Listen 5 min ...

02.05.2024 30

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What happens when the professional class loses out to AI?

Will professionals displaced by AI find new jobs in health care? (iStock) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story ...

29.04.2024 20

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Why campus protests against Israel probably won’t be effective

A demonstrator at the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University in New York on Wednesday. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images) ...

25.04.2024 80

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A better way to end road-closing protests

Pam Satterthwaite sits in her car as protesters block traffic along a highway in Oakland, Calif., on Monday. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/AP) ...

18.04.2024 30

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Trump can’t fix what bothers conservatives about the bureaucracy

Federal Reserve workers in 1957. (Library of Congress) Listen 5 min Share Comment on this story Comment ...

11.04.2024 20

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The economy is strong. Why are our national finances so weak?

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office expects the federal government will be awash in debt over the next 30 years. (Matt Slocum/AP) ...

08.04.2024 30

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What if the economy is as normal as it’s going to get?

Americans want the housing market to get back to what they think of as normal. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Listen 5 min ...

03.04.2024 9

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Boeing ejected its pilot again. Good luck with a soft landing.

28.03.2024 30

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Electric cars are the future. Why is the EPA pumping the brakes?

A BP Pulse Gigahub charging station in Houston on Wednesday. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle/AP) Listen 5 min Share ...

25.03.2024 30

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