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Soaring grocery prices are not acts of God
Steven Hill Since the pandemic, going to the grocery store has become a jarring experience. On a recent visit, I packed my purchased items into my tote bag and ... Read more.
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Aileen Cannon’s ruling isn’t just legally flawed. It has nothing to do with the law.
Harry Litman The initial impulse on reading Judge Aileen Cannon’s pseudo-scholarly 93-page dismissal of the classified documents case against Donald Trump is ... Read more.
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Shribman: Lucky!
David M. Shribman Ronald Reagan had it, Jimmy Carter didn’t. George H.W. Bush had it until he didn’t, and the same can be said for his successor, Bi... Read more.
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Lawmakers five decades ago passed a big budget fix. It made a difference (for them).
John R. Kasich and G. William Hoagland Fifty years ago, Congress tried to rein in deficits and fix the budget process — or, perhaps, lawmakers were mostly jus... Read more.
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How we might better navigate the culture wars
Rich Harwood Earlier this year, Escambia County, Fla., received national attention for banning more than 1,600 books, the most by any single county in the entir... Read more.
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Collective security works — NATO at 75 has been a success in keeping the peace
Editorial written by the New York Daily News Editorial Board Overshadowed by the wonderings about President Joe Biden’s vigor was the actual purpose of the NA... Read more.
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What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans
James Muldoon, Mark Graham, and Callum Cant Today we are in the middle of a hype cycle in which companies are racing to integrate artificial-intelligence tools ... Read more.
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How Vance transformed from ‘never Trumper’ to running mate
Carl P. Leubsdorf Soon after word of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump flashed across the television screens and social media, Ohio S... Read more.
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The once-secretive right-wing ideology emerging as an overt threat to American democracy
Robin Abcarian Last week, Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley admitted something that might have once shocked his party. “Some will say I’m calling... Read more.
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It’s too early to be fighting a space race with China
F.D. Flam In late June, China’s space program brought back the first rock and soil samples from the mysterious far side of the moon. It was a major triumph. S... Read more.