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To the World, McCarthy’s Exit Is Just Another Example of U.S. Disarray
Amid upheaval on Capitol Hill and the undermining of democratic norms, the country’s institutions are under profound stress.
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The U.S. Has a New Set of Tools for Bullying the World
The greatest collateral damage from last year’s Russian invasion of Ukraine has been to various Western European members of NATO,…
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MAGA Wouldn’t Be Such a Threat if the Electoral System Worked
Last week, President Biden gave a wide-ranging interview to John Harwood of ProPublica that touched on his presidency, the Republican…
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America Is Losing Religious Faith
While much of the rest of the industrialized world has become more secular over the last half-century, the United States…
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The Next Affirmative Action Battle May Be at West Point
Students for Fair Admissions won its Supreme Court case against Harvard and the University of North Carolina. Now, it’s focusing…
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Why Is America Such a Deadly Place?
Death is excessive in America, and the more you look the more distressing the picture seems. You’ve probably heard about…
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New Zealand’s Fruit-Rich Ice Cream Gets a Sugary American Makeover
In New Zealand, one of summer’s great pleasures is known as real fruit ice cream: a scoop of vanilla blended…
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Dorothy Tapper Goldman, Who Sold Rare Copy of Constitution, Dies at 78
The document, one of 13 known copies from the original printing, was auctioned off for a record $43.3 million, which…
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Ron DeSantis Wants to Tell the Future by Controlling the Past
Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida was, along with his state’s Board of Education, embroiled in a controversy over…
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The Korean War in Photos, 70 Years After the Truce
The Korean War broke out when a Soviet-backed, Communist North invaded the pro-American southern territory of the Korean Peninsula in…