World
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The Right Likes Book Bans. That Fuels the Left’s Cancel Culture.
Growing up in the 1970s, one got a good snootful of what today might be wrongly described as critical race theory: The film “Sounder,” in the ...
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Inflation, Interest and the Housing Paradox
One of the occupational hazards of my profession is having people ask me what’s going to happen to the market. I’m never sure whether to give the ...
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Strike Is Averted as Doormen’s Union Reaches Contract Agreement
The union representing doormen and other workers in more than 3,000 apartment buildings in New York City reached a new contract agreement on ...
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Republicans Say, ‘Let Them Eat Hate’
So Donald Trump has endorsed J.D. Vance in the race for Ohio’s Republican Senate nomination. Will Trump’s nod tip the balance? I have no idea ...
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China and Russia Are Giving Authoritarianism a Bad Name
The last decade looked like a good one for authoritarian regimes and a challenging one for democratic ones. Cybertools, drones, facial ...
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Pushing ‘Long Covid’ Sufferers Too Hard Could Cause Them to Crash
Most of us were brought up with the folk wisdom that exercise is the best medicine, and often it’s true. But not for people who are suffering ...
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Limit to State and Local Tax Deductions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by New York and three other states to overturn a $10,000 cap on federal tax deductions for state ...
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How the Elites Monopolize Empathy
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Mackenzie Fierceton, a former student at the University of Pennsylvania, who was accused by the school of ...
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Ex-New York Lt. Gov. Previews Bribery Defense: ‘No Personal Benefits’
A federal prosecutor said on Monday that the government had issued more than 160 subpoenas for financial, phone and other records as part of its ...
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Ukraine Says Russia Begins Assault in the East After Raining Missiles Nationwide
LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine said Monday that Russian forces had launched a ground assault along a nearly 300-mile front in the east after hitting the ...