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For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.
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The document purports to show bias under the Biden administration—and fails spectacularly.
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People scrutinizing influencers for their views should also hold them to account for their facts.
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One of the most liberal states in the country can’t find a Democrat to lead it.
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Pastor John Mark Comer has won a massive audience by encouraging his followers to free themselves from the gnawing sense that there is always more to do.
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I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.
Everett Collection The Film That Explains Contemporary America
The Sorrow and the Pity has lessons for how authoritarianism takes root—and how to fight against it.
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Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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“All the world lies warm in one heart, yet the Sierra seems to get more light than other mountains.” (From 1899)
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radio atlantic•Episode 179If Hungary Can Do It
Viktor Orbán offered a model for antidemocratic rule, one admired by Donald Trump and other world leaders. What does his stunning loss after 16 years in power mean?
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Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger on the U.S.-Iran cease-fire, Trump’s Hormuz blockade, and China’s reaction to the Iran war. Plus: A seismic election in Hungary, and Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges.
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There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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