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I Was on the Church Committee. The New Republican Version Is an Outrage.
To legitimize otherwise questionable investigations, Congress occasionally labels them after a previous successful effort. Thus, the new Republican-controlled House of…
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Let’s Hack the Universe
A popular cosmological theory holds that we live in a vast computer simulation. So how hard could it be to…
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This Is How Red States Silence Blue Cities. And Democracy.
NASHVILLE — January in Nashville ushers in two forces for chaos: erratic weather and irrational legislators. Both are massively disruptive.…
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Three Reasons the Republican Party Keeps Coming Apart at the Seams
For decades, the cliché in politics was that “Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line.” The Democratic Party…
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‘Emily in Paris’ Star Would Like Your Paris Tips
Lily Collins explores the city, and the world, with the help of Monocle, word searches and Norwegian coffee.
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Wonking Out: It’s Getting Harder to Be a Pessimist on Inflation
Thursday’s report on consumer prices was really good news. I mean, really, really good news. The overall Consumer Price Index…
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How to Help Girls Enduring the Unendurable
NAIROBI, Kenya — She is impossibly young to have endured what she did, and what still haunts her is the…
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A Conversation With Sam Liccardo, Who Led San Jose for Eight Years
Liccardo, 52, has just stepped down as mayor of California’s third-largest city.
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A Smirk, a Smile, a Clenched Fist: What the Movies Taught Me to See
I was seduced by Cate Blanchett in “Tár.” The 1980s ecological disaster in “White Noise” felt eerily familiar to me…
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Republicans Prepare New Rules, but Fixing Congress Isn’t So Easy
History suggests that the procedural plans of the new House Republican majority are likely to lead to more gridlock and…