by Trudy Rubin Western allies are finally realizing the Ukraine war won’t end until Vladimir Putin’s dreams of conquest are decisively defeated on the battlefield. But that […]
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Body positivity has boomed. But thinness never went away
by Samhita Mukhopadhyay I remember the first time I walked into a United Colors of Benetton store when I was 12 years old at the Woodbury Commons […]
Are charges excessive for Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting?
by Nicholas Goldberg Of course Alec Baldwin shouldn’t receive special treatment because he’s famous. He shouldn’t be treated, as the district attorney in Santa Fe, N.M., put […]
GOP’s deficit reduction a cynical performative gesture
by Jonah Goldberg For several years now, I’ve been told that the old consensus of fiscal conservatism and limited government was dead. So, you might think I’m […]
But what if Damar Hamlin had died?
by John M. Crisp Damar Hamlin, a safety for the Buffalo Bills, almost died on Jan. 2. His heart stopped after a blow to his chest during […]
The coming El Niño could be a glimpse of a grim future
by Mark Gongloff Thanks to El Niño, the world is about to experience something like time travel to the year 2050. It won’t be pleasant. But rather […]
Being laid off is devastating. Yet society never measures that toll
by Les Leopold More than 150,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2022, according to one estimate, and an additional 23,000 have been laid off since the […]
Academic drama and ‘Islamophobia’
by Gene Lyons Chances are, your humble, obedient servant here will never be invited to teach at Hamline University, a Methodist school in St. Paul, Minn. For […]
Absurd battle over the debt ceiling
by Robert Reich Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that the federal government will hit the limit on total federal debt on Jan. 19. After that, the Treasury […]
GOP wants to cut Medicare. Here’s how real leaders would handle the deficit
by LZ Granderson Our population was getting older and broker. Between 1900 and 1950, the number of senior citizens in America had grown from 3 million to […]
