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A morning with student protesters at George Washington University
The tent cities will eventually go away, one way or another, but this passion for the Palestinian cause will endure.
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How to confront antisemitism, deal with protests — and respect free speech
Demonstrations at Columbia University and other campuses require a response that neither ignores the worst excesses nor infringes on students’ right to speak.
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Cruella De Vil understands Kristi Noem perfectly
Plus: Where student debt really lies. Will AI make college a bad bet? Our tattered social fabric.
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The answer to clean energy is blowin’ in the wind — and brewing in reactors
Readers on wind farms, nuclear energy, California’s saturated solar market and Virginia’s insatiable data centers.
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‘Kristi, darling, I understand completely,’ by Cruella De Vil
You kill a single measly ill-behaved puppy, and everyone rushes to judgment!
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Why does the media publish these stupid stories? I’m answering your questions.
Erik’s Q&A with readers was at 12 p.m. ET on Monday, April 29. Read the transcript.
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The non-campaign of 2024, with just half a year left to go
Donald Trump is tied up in court, and President Biden is maintaining his usual light schedule. Maybe that’s just as well.
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What happens when the professional class loses out to AI?
We might soon see a revolt of educated people who are losing ground to AI, similar to the revolt that led the working class to embrace protectionism and Trump.
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The sad and inevitable fall of Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media
A story made for Hollywood: How Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media fell from the sky.
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Despite the Ukraine aid vote, the neo-isolationist threat still looms
U.S. allies may be relieved by Congress’s action, but they’d be wise to keep strengthening their defenses, given Donald Trump’s possible election next fall.
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The wartime outrage in Gaza that no one is talking about
The rapes in Gaza are the Middle Eastern outrage no one is talking about.
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How the right U.S. chip strategy can keep Taiwan free
The “chip breakout” that China desperately seeks would be a geopolitical game-changer.
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What city-dwellers and rural Americans don’t get about each other
Four readers on the way Americans from different parts of the country see each other.
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No joke: Biden turns up the heat on Trump
If he is to win in November, President Biden needs to start drawing a sharper, no-holds-barred contrast with his opponent.
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Is student loan debt an emergency? Take our quiz.
It depends on who’s in debt. People who complete their degrees tend to pay off their debt over time. Those who didn’t complete their degrees need the help.
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Is another Trump coup case really necessary? Yes. Arizona matters.
A state case regarding attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results has the capacity to shake up the former president’s defense.
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We can’t blame Russia for American unrest anymore. It’s homegrown.
We are the ones destroying America’s social fabric.
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A Republican and a Democrat confront our era of bad vibes
Roll your eyes if you want to, but this initiative matters.
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