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For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do
In much of the West, Mikhail S. Gorbachev is hailed as the farsighted visionary who brought the Cold War to…
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Top Lawyer for Oath Keepers Is Arrested in Connection With Jan. 6 Attack
The top lawyer for the Oath Keepers militia, who was with the group’s leader outside the Capitol on Jan. 6.,…
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California Fights Its NIMBYs
By any objective measure, nothing that happens in Woodside, Calif., is going to make much difference to a state whose…
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A Solar Firm Plans to Build Off-Grid Neighborhoods in California
For more than a century, governments have offered electric utilities a monopoly on selling power to homes and businesses so…
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An N.F.L. Player Tries for a Rookie Year Do-Over
NASHVILLE — Caleb Farley, a Tennessee Titans cornerback, swears he is not an emotional person and rarely cries. But on…
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School Is for Wasting Time and Money
I have deep doubts about the intellectual and social value of schooling. My argument in a nutshell: First, everyone leaves…
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School Is for Learning to Read
The most important thing schools can do is teach children how to read. If you can read, you can learn…
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Does This Fisherman Have the Right to Be in a Billionaire’s Backyard?
Colorado’s natural beauty — groves of aspen shimmering in fall, snowcapped 14,000-foot peaks bathed in alpenglow — has much to…
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School Year Resumes in Ukraine, but Bleak Season of War Upends Classes
BUCHA, Ukraine — The bodies that littered the school playground in April are gone. The blood on the walls has…
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California Approves a Wave of Aggressive New Climate Measures
California took some of its most aggressive steps yet to fight global warming as lawmakers passed a flurry of new…