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Nellie Bowles Gets Tough Love from Abigail Shrier
In our inaugural advice column, Abigail Shrier answers: How do you live when you feel like the world is falling apart?
Abigail Shrier
Could Massachusetts Become the First State to Undo Legal Weed?
Marijuana opponents are racking up wins across the country—thanks in part to Kevin Sabet, the bipartisan adviser leading the charge.
Josh Code
Coleman Hughes: How Nick Fuentes Does It
He has slipped into the mainstream by presenting one version of himself to popular podcast hosts and another to his base.
Coleman Hughes
I Served in the CIA’s Zero Units in Afghanistan
So did the Afghan man accused of savagely shooting two National Guard members the day before Thanksgiving. We cannot use this horrific act to malign all…
Elliot Ackerman
Would America Be Safer Without the Second Amendment?
Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch face off in our latest live debate on guns in Chicago.
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Democrats Have a Patriotism Problem. Here’s How to Fix It.
On the 100th anniversary of Bobby Kennedy’s birth, Democrats should reflect on what made the late liberal icon so popular.
Richard D. Kahlenberg and Ruy Teixeira
Iryna Zarutska’s Killer Does Not Deserve to Die
The execution of the schizophrenic man who stabbed a Ukrainian refugee on a train would be an act of cruelty, not justice.
Sally Satel
The Most Frightening Thing About Luigi Mangione
The alleged killer of a healthcare CEO isn’t a right-wing zealot or a leftist radical. He’s something stranger—someone with remarkably normal views…
John H. Richardson
The Suspected LA Arsonist and the Rise of the Nihilistic Violent Extremists
Prosecutors say that Jonathan Rinderknecht, the Uber driver accused of starting the Palisades fire, is part of a new class of angry young men.
Peter Savodnik
America’s Growing Political Violence Problem
Death threats, assassination attempts, and political intimidation are now so frequent they barely make headlines. Another danger is how quickly we’ve…
The Editors
Heather Cox Richardson’s Revisionist History
Substack’s top writer commands a bigger audience than most cable shows: 2.7 million people. But her version of history is a false morality tale.
Blake Dodge and Katherine Dee
Hamas Doesn’t Believe in Peace
There will be no lasting resolution to this conflict without the total elimination of Hamas’s capacity for violence, coercion, and control over the…
John Aziz
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