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America’s Next 250 Years Are Ours to Build
In 1776, there was no electricity, no anesthesia, and no running water. The Founders still built something that changed the world. What comes next is up…
Scott Nolan
I Was Facing Prison. We Decided to Have a Baby.
During the most unstable chapter of our lives, my wife and I chose to bring another child into the world. Because choosing to be a father—to start…
P.G. Sittenfeld
Bring Back the SAT
California universities dropped the SAT to help low-income and minority students. The policy is doing the opposite.
Svetlana Jitomirskaya
Great Americans: The Wisdom of Sandra Day O’Connor
She made herself a formidable justice in the same way she had learned to brand calves, fire a rifle, or turn a bobcat into a house pet while growing up…
Charles Lane
This Week in Canada: Why Is Antisemitism Surging All Around Us?
Demographic and ideological shifts have enabled anti-Israel activism to spread faster, acquire moral legitimacy, and blur into hostility. Also, Ask Me…
Rupa Subramanya
The Woman Who Warned the World About Iran
Through ‘Persepolis,’ Marjane Satrapi shattered Western myths about life under the Islamic Republic. She died Thursday at 56, but the story she forced…
Masih Alinejad
California’s Voting System Is Built for Suspicion
The slow count of votes in Los Angeles led to allegations of a stolen election. There’s no evidence of impropriety, but the system is a recipe for…
Peter Savodnik
Sam Harris: Why It’s Futile to Debate Israel’s Enemies
There is only one nation on Earth that must continually argue for its right to exist, even when the very survival of its people is threatened by…
Sam Harris
Arthur Brooks: Why Cheaters Make Bad Politicians
Allegations surrounding politicians like Graham Platner raise a question: Does sexual misconduct predict how candidates will behave in office…
Arthur Brooks
A Miscarriage of Journalism at ‘The New York Times’
Federal judge Roy K. Altman explains how an article by ‘Times’ columnist Nicholas Kristof violates the fundamental rules of fairness and due process…
Roy K. Altman
The Elites Who Want to Burn It Down
Professors of the radical left and radical right enjoy bourgeois comfort while declaring a crisis that demands a revolution or counterrevolution.
Peter Berkowitz
Humanity Is Still Evolving—and Fast
For decades, many scientists insisted that human evolution essentially stopped 50,000 years ago. A groundbreaking new paper proves them wrong.
Razib Khan
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