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The climate emergency has produced several on-the-nose metaphorical moments lately, such as an art museum founded by oil baron J. Paul Getty being threatened by the Palis...
September 15, 2025 Other Voices
It’s a tale as old as time — or at least, the past three decades. Whether Democratic or Republican, members of Congress angry with the president and searching for some wa...
September 13, 2025 Other Voices
It doesn’t make any sense. Last week, the Trump administration executed the largest single-site immigration raid in U.S. history at a Hyundai Motor Co.-LG Energy Solution...
September 12, 2025 Other Voices
If the means justify the ends, we’d still be operating under the Articles of Confederation. The Founders understood that the means — the governmental structure itself — m...
September 11, 2025 Other Voices
For doctors and patients, the Holy Grail of medicine would be a simple blood or saliva test to detect all types of cancer before symptoms or sickness appears. Doctors cou...
September 10, 2025 Other Voices
On paper, these are good times for the U.S. economy. The latest GDP numbers show growth was at 3.3% in the second quarter. Business investment is up. The unemployment rat...
September 09, 2025 Other Voices
Vaccine policy in the U.S. is rapidly dividing into two opposing camps: state leaders who are prioritizing access to shots, and those who are taking increasingly aggressi...
September 08, 2025 Other Voices
A recent lawsuit against OpenAI over the suicide of a teenager makes for difficult reading. The wrongful-death complaint filed in state court in San Francisco describes h...
September 06, 2025 Other Voices
I was working in El Salvador when President Nayib Bukele declared a state of exception. In 2022, after a sudden spike in homicides, he suspended due process and sent sold...
September 05, 2025 Other Voices
In a world worried about looming food shortages triggered by the climate crisis, the collapse in rice prices — now approaching their lowest in 18 years — is evidence that...
September 04, 2025 Other Voices
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