The most talked-about song of the summer of 2023 was a stripped back political ballad by an unknown country musician
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Authenticity is a subtle thing. American authenticity, subtler still
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Americans have been telling pollsters for months that a 2020 rematch is the last thing they want
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If events continue to take their current course, the world in 2070 will be as different from today as that of 1970 was from 1920
By Henry Olsen
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We are stuck in this weird purgatory between what America used to be and what it is becoming
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Can Virginia be a model for Republicans nationwide?
By Amber Duke
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When there is scientific disagreement or uncertainty, the government must never pretend there is consensus and certainty
By Jay Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff
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For coming round on war, NAFTA and raw food, conservatives get zero credit
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Cemeteries like ours ‘saw their best days prior to 1900,’ says Paul
By Teresa Mull
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The old-fashioned humble-brag looks passé next to the doombrag
By Neal Pollack
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Pro-life politicians haven’t gotten their legs under them yet
By Ben Domenech
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Never before have all the burgeoning metropolises of the future started to shrink
By Joel Kotkin
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We need not doubling down but fundamental change
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The alliance is fighting for its life — and dying
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‘I died of a surfeit of doctors,’ read one Roman funerary inscription. But where did this surfeit come from?
By Peter Jones
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Gen Zers are quite right to call time on a lifestyle that glamorizes overtime, burnout and the ceaseless rat race
By Josie Cox
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He is the Rasputin of Wall Street. Just when you think he’s down and out, he pops back up and puts himself right back in the middle of things
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