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Zachary Loeb
20 years ago today, Y2K came and went harmlessly
Not because it was a hoax (it wasn't), but because we listened to experts' warnings and fixed problems before they occurred.
Sarah Weinman
If you love books, you owe a debt to Sonny Mehta
As a reader first (his emphasis), he found tremendous success in publishing and thus shaped culture.
Kara Alaimo
What we learned from 2019's worst PR disasters
Boeing, Peloton, Richard Branson, Sallie Mae, Hallmark, Facebook.
Tyler Cowen
Two things dominated American culture in the 2010s: Women and screens
The music I listened to, books I read and shows I watched were predominantly led by women and much of this was on a screen.
Debra Saunders, Creators Syndicate
Old enough to vote, but not to vape or smoke?
The new federal age-21 rule is popular. Only cranks such as me, who believe in adult rights for adult voters, even think to protest.
Editorial, New York Daily News
Congress finally provides funding for gun violence research
After a two-decade drought, it's a small step in the search for answers.
Joel Stein
These days in L.A.: Hostile tactics toward the homeless
Plastic fencing, 'swordlike plants' — anything to impede the scourge. These people are jerks. (Who are facing a scourge.)
AHMED THARWAT
These days in Cairo: A culture withheld
Egyptians, normally engaged and loquacious, have checked out.
D.J. Tice
Impeachment: A stalemate, and why should this be any different?
A prolonged impasse might offer the best way for us to move on.
Christine M. Flowers, Philadelphia Daily News
Hypocrisy on display: Progressives laud Christianity Today
Religious commentary on politics is wrong — except when you agree with the comments?
Editorial
Brutal new offensive targets civilians in northern Syria
Attack on Idlib Province is the dirty work of Bashar Assad, Vladimir Putin.
Allison Schaber
Circumventing grand juries in police cases is fraught
A grand jury decision to indict, or not, is collective, free from politics, emotion or bias. County attorneys' not using the process is troubling.
Will Roper
3-D printing is about to save the military billions of dollars
A look at the less-romantic side of defense technology: parts supply.
Noah Feldman
If Trump's impeached, then why can't a Senate trial start now?
Because he isn't officially impeached until the House tells the Senate he is. The Constitution, precedent and history make that clear.
Robert Wedl
Open enrollment, charter schools don't 'take' kids from districts
They allow parents, not the districts, to decide which schools their children will attend.
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel: Division and consensus can sit side by side
This paradox presents Democrats with an opportunity.
Elissa Hulin Peterson
At Hanukkah/Christmas, commit yourself to battling anti-Semitism wherever you find it
Let's live the response of students to crude graffiti at a Minneapolis school: "I belong. You belong. We all belong. Love all."
Nazarria McClintock, Khalique Rogers, Isis Watford and Joe Nathan
We know too well the toll of youth homelessness; we have suggestions
Young people across the state face this problem. Please help.
Kim Martinson
Come divided. Leave hopeful. That's the work of Better Angel.
Attend one of our Red/Blue workshops to depolarize yourself. Some of your state's congressional staffers did.
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