A few months ago I spent a couple of days watching open-heart surgery being performed. The operating room was full of people: a supervising nurse, a scrub nurse, a few residents who just watched, and three surgeons doing the actual cutting and sewing. Besides all of them, there were two others. At the head of […]
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Even before Donald Trump launched his ill-advised war on Iran, America’s allies were already pronouncing the end of the era of U.S. leadership of the free world. “The West as we knew it no longer exists,” European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said in April of 2025 as she tried to rally governments in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe to counter massive tariffs that Trump had recently imposed. “The old order is not coming back,” declared Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney this past January in a widely reported speech at Davos after fresh attempts by Trump to seize…
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Hold Mallory McMorrow’s Social Media Posts to the Same Standard as Graham Platner’s
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Our Childish Debate over Michael Jackson
We can’t seem to accept that terribly gifted people can do terrible things.
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The Fallout From Trump’s Pope Bashing
His jabs at the pope probably would matter more if Congressional Republicans and JD Vance weren’t already heading for grim midterms.
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Confusing Financial Aid Offers Can Leave Families Deeper in Debt. Student Groups Say a New Legislative Fix Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Colleges lobbied to kill a requirement that they use a uniform financial aid offer letter to help families easily compare costs.
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