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Dowd: Behind united front, wounds persist among Democrats
Biden had to leave the ticket, for the good of all. That doesn’t mean everyone’s happy about it.
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Douthat: Masculinity on the ballot, but without much insight
The images of nice-guy fatherhood on the left and toxic masculinity on the right are mostly caricatures.
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Tufekci: Wealthy nations must ramp up response to mpox threat
The African Union’s health agency says it has 200,000 vaccine doses available; it needs 10 million.
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Schwab: ‘We’re not going back,’ and with good reason
Compare the campaigns of Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance and ask who actually loves America.
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Krugman: Latest numbers show it’s time to put a pork in it
To hear Trump tell it, bacon’s cost is outrageously high, but he ignores the fact most are bringing…
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Burke; Years ago, even workers ignored safety; be glad for change
Now if we can get industries — like Amazon — and judges to recognize the need for workplace…
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Krugman: Walz and the weird politics of free school lunches
For a party that wants to be populist, the GOP rejects some pretty popular ideas, like free school…
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Comment: Must love dogs, but for hogs we allow torture
Dogs and other pets are family. Their mistreatment is a crime. Yet, that’s not the case for livestock.
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Schwab: Weird isn’t right word; how about creepy, deranged?
Just what is it of Harris’ and Walz’s policies that Republicans find so objectionable?
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Stephens: Next president must think hard about world that awaits
The next president must ask if U.S. primacy and its own defense is worth the cost of blood…
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Krugman: Markets tank; good luck figuring out why
The assumption was that Monday’s plunge was over fears of recession, but some details don’t add up.
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Tufekci: Google gourged on lack of competition in tech world
It used ‘network effects’ to build its dominance, then paid billions to ensure it kept its monopoly.
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Stephens: Customers aren’t always right and should be told so
In two fields, this has become painfully true: In educating young adults and in disseminating news.
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Stephens: Israel is fighting not one or two wars but five
Understanding the opposition Israel faces from enemies, allies and among Jews and Israelis themselves.
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Kristof: Can Israel avoid regional war and pursue cease-fire?
Amid reprisals that risk further escalation, Netanyahu can declare victory and seek the hostages’ release.
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Krugman: Forget the hillbillies; Vance’s elegy is to tech bros
The Ohio senator was elevated as Trump’s running mate on the hopes of tech and crypto billionaires.
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Schwab: Speaking of weird, what is this that feels like joy?
Kamala Harris can laugh all the way to the White House; it beats Trump’s slog of grievance and…
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Friedman: Democrats should leave schoolyard taunts to Trump
Calling Trump, Vance and others ‘weird’ allows them to turn swing voters against Harris and Democrats.
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Burke: Is anybody really buying Trump’s campaign trail patter?
Hannibal Lecter? Sharks? Electrocution? Not having to vote again? How could Harris lose to that?
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Goldberg: Why we should worry about Vance’s shifting allegiances
His book and his change in views point to troubling conflicts over authority and submission.