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Saunders: Even if RFK Jr. wrong on vaccines, he’s right on autonomy
Americans understand what the covid vaccines offer; they can decide whether to get the jab or not.
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Krsitof: Russia’s drone incursion into Poland demands response
The U.S. and NATO can’t let Putin’s testing of boundaries go with only indignant social media posts.
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Schwab: Flattery gets one everything if you’re Putin or Trump
Putin puffed up Trump to get what he wanted; Trump has made puffery the coin of his realm.
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Klein: Charlie Kirk lived for the right to argue; we all should
You don’t have to agree with any of his opinions to see the danger to all in his…
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Douthat: Why Charlie Kirk’s message resonated with young right
His was a different kind of campus conservatism, both rebellious, relaxed and approachable.
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Douthat: Trump’s imperial presidency may not end with him
Unless Congress or the Supreme Court rein him in, the next president, regardless of party, benefits.
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Burke: The familiar adjectives of Lawrence of Arabia
The title character’s admonition to Sherif Ali — silly, greedy, barbarous and cruel — seems apt right now.
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Harrop: Even the tourists are tired of crowds of tourists
And some seem more interested in making social media posts than actually enjoying the sights and culture.
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Harrop: The secession of Blue America from Red has begun
This may be how it starts; with like-minded states setting policy that was once federal domain.
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Kristof: A genocide that no one disputes, nor moves to end
Ethnic cleansing in Sudan has killed at least 400,000. No one seems motivated to end it.
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Goldberg: Epstein’s victims won’t let Trump push their story aside
‘Secrecy only allows for conspiracy theorists to tell lies that drives up our anxiety and fears,’ warned one.
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Schwab: An opportunistic infection in a weakened body politic
Republicans in the Senate could have stopped RFK Jr.’s deadly spread, but Trumpism weakened them, too.
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Stephens: Mass migration has been undoing of liberal democracy
By not seeking the consent of the governed on immigration, the West has invited the threat of populism.
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Welch: Blame a math mismatch for county’s budget deficit
The county promised more in pay than revenues now allow. It’s a problem it can avoid in the…
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Dowd: As Trump promised, RFK Jr. has ‘gone wild’ on nation’s health
So ‘wild’ that Kennedy has canceled vaccine research, limited access to shots and said he can spot illness…
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Saunders: Gender politics intrude, even as motive was sheer evil
Some media outlets appeared to sidestep the issue of the gender of the shooter in Minneapolis.
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Schwab: Evolution of thought on 3.5 billion years of creation
Science — and time — allow the wonders of the eye and the kidney to be without dismissing…
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Bouie: Musings of a president: ‘Maybe we would like a dictator’
Trump can declare himself king, but it’s up to Americans as to whether we treat him as such.
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Stephens: Trump’s assault on capitalism has only just begun
Coercing a stake in Intel is not only a bad deal for the country; it’s a ominous precedent.
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Burke: Why voting by mail is driving Trump crazy
Trump can read the polls, too. What they’re telling him explains why he’s going after mail-in voting.