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In Defense of Data Centers. The Vulgar Questions About Lindsey Graham. Plus. . .
Eli Lake on the latest anti-Israel struggle session. And more.
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TGIF: The Oyster of My Eye
A look into the mediaology behind the allegations against Graham Platner; the pope’s immigration crusade; Candace Owens’ deeply sane week; and the…
Nellie Bowles
Platner’s Defiant Departure. A Way Out of the Iran Mess. Plus. . .
Eli Lake says the Maine progressive is readying a comeback. Masih Alinejad and Aaron MacLean on the end of the ceasefire. The 2028 race begins. Trump’s…
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This Week in Canada: A Controversial Call to Prayer
Religious freedom is tested by a mosque’s loudspeakers, our multicultural calendar is full, paying ‘lip service’ to DEI, and more.
Rupa Subramanya
TGIF: This Is Why I Can’t Have Friends
Welcome to Mamdanistan, where murder is an effect of poverty, sociology degrees take longer than medical ones, and where you need a F— AIPAC tattoo on…
Will Rahn
The Hard-Selling of the Iran Deal. The State of American Jewry on the Left. Plus. . .
American boys are in trouble. U.S. aid to Israel is an investment in security. And more.
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TGIF: We Economists Have Done the Maths
Karmelo Anthony trial reactions, college costs cross six figures, the vice president owns birds, Rosie O’Donnell looks amazing, We the Economists make…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: I Have a Thing Called Iran
Harvard stops giving everyone A’s, an American politician floats ‘Zionist’ internment camps, the Taliban needs your cash for women’s rights, protein…
Nellie Bowles
Ted Turner, the Optimist Who Built CNN
His world began anew every day. I spent a few months with him in 1986, and I will always consider myself lucky for it.
Joe Klein
The Biggest Tech Bet in History. Plus. . .
Hollywood neuters ‘Animal Farm.’ How perimenopause became big business. The Iran-backed group terrorizing Europe’s Jews. And more.
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The Rise of the News Avoider
Across the Western world, people are checking out of the media. But it may say more about the media than it does about them.
Suzy Weiss
Arthur Brooks: Face It. You’re Addicted to Politics.
Consuming political outrage all day doesn’t strengthen democracy. It just wrecks your mood.
Arthur Brooks
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