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Welch: It’s our money; we know where, how it’s used best
Voluntary distribution of charity — rather than taxation — supports what is most important to communities.
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Douthat: Conspiracies are real; it’s theories that can be traps
Theories can explain what remains as unexplained, but theories must withstand the facts.
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Harrop: A welcome bit of inconsequential controversy
Some ‘genes-jeans’ word play in TV ad provides a chance to mock those who take it seriously.
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Saunders: You can’t talk of 2 states when Hamas holds hostages
The recognition of Palestine by countries can only delay resolution of the famine ongoing in Gaza.
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Saunders: Another mass shooting; another bogus rationale
What should we care how murderers justify their actions to themselves? There is no excuse.
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Schwab: Our aid to Israel shouldn’t enable innocents’ starvation
Israel must find a way to defend itself without choking off food and bombing homes and hospitals.
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Stephens: For all his faults, Trump has notched some wins
We’ll be better off if we can acknowledge some of Trump’s decisions are producing good results.
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Burke: Lies, damn lies and weasel words; and how to spot them
Whether it’s advertising or a certain president’s statements, the intent is to avoid the truth.
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Dowd: Networks cave, Trump profits and satirists feast
Trump may have thought he had won when Colbert was fired, but then an episode of ‘South Park’…
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Douthat: Israel’s cause is righteous; its war has become unjust
Israel’s choices in war have resulted in starving children; it must make a different choice.
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Friedman: New York mayoral candidate needs a different slogan
Better yet, what he needs to do is be a convener of voices for peace, rather than a…
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Harrop: We should have taken Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ on Kennedys
What has hereditary succession gotten us but name plaques and a health secretary with a brain worm.
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Schwab: Is Epstein saga showing MAGA what Trump thinks of them?
In trying to divert attention from the scandal, Trump reveals it’s about what benefits him, not them.
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Douthat: If Trump doesn’t control MAGA, who will when he’s done?
He may insist he makes the decisions, but Trump reads MAGA first for much of what passes for…
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Goldberg: A movie about the year American went fully beserk
‘Eddington’ is a rare story about covid that is as unnerving as living through the pandemic was.
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Welch: State carbon auctions’ billions a costly climate illusion
Too little of the revenue is being used to reduce air pollution while costs are passed down to…
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Douthat: Who’s winning the latest world war?
America’s success has seen ebbs and flows in recent years, while China bides its time and builds strength.
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Saunders: So what if cuts to public radio, TV were small potatoes?
Just because it alone won’t balance the budget, doesn’t mean that cuts weren’t justified.
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Schwab: Rosie O’Donnell, immigrants and other Epstein distractions
MAGA puts up with the outrages because empathy is reserved only for their own prejudices.
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Harrop: Will America ever recover from what Trump has wrought?
Pundits and psychiatrists can debate why. We need to answer whether we can restore what is being lost.