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Tag: Opinion
‘When They Go Low, We Go Lower’
Will fake news decide Indonesia’s election this week?
Bernie Sanders Has an Important Lesson for Republicans
The G.O.P. could really use a remarkably successful policy entrepreneur. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/opinion/bernie-sanders-republicans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Anti-Zionists Deserve Free Speech
The Trump administration bars a critic of Israel from America. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/opinion/omar-barghouti-bds-israel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Republicans Are the Real Extremists
Conspiracy theorists and enemies of democracy, oh my. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/opinion/republicans-ocasio-cortez-omar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Five Lies Our Culture Tells
The cultural roots of our political problems. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/15/opinion/cultural-revolution-meritocracy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Measles, Science and the Anti-Vaxxers
Readers discuss a lack of science literacy and Jewish beliefs about protecting the well-being of others.
The Constitution’s “natural-born” defect
All American citizens should be able to become president. Previous essays in this series have addressed fundamental flaws in the Constitution: the ill-defined nature of presidential powers, the malapportionment of the Senate, the Electoral College. But I wish to draw my readers’ attention to a less central, but still important defect: the requirement, stated in… Continue reading The Constitution’s “natural-born” defect
Their Tax Rate Is 0%
You should be jealous of Amazon, G.M. and Coors.
Is America Hopelessly Polarized, or Just Allergic to Politics?
The good news about polarization is that it’s overstated — most Americans just really don’t like partisan squabbles.