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Opinion | America Is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean It Has to Fall.

mediabest — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 18:02:59 +0000

America likes to think of itself in garlanded terms. The shining city on a hill. The indispensable nation. The land of the free. There’s something to each sobriquet, to be sure. But there’s another phrase, not always so flattering, that also applies to the United [...]

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Opinion | America Has a Reading Problem. Mississippi Has a Solution.

mediabest — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:30:33 +0000

By Nicholas Kristof Produced by Jillian Weinberger For decades, Mississippi had some of the worst reading and math scores in the country. That’s no longer true. Recently, the state’s third and fourth graders have improved significantly, and they’re now on par with the rest of [...]

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Opinion | The N.F.L.’s New Kickoff Rule Is a Classically Terrible Idea

mediabest — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 15:40:46 +0000

There is no English noun that adequately conveys what millions of fans experience on the eve of the pro football season. Only something like the ancient Greek concept of ataraxia — which literally means the absence of disturbance or trouble but connotes a kind of [...]

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Opinion | We Benefited From Legacy Admissions. And We Want It to End.

mediabest — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 09:32:41 +0000

null Supported by Video by Amanda Su and Alexander Stockton Ms. Su is a reporting fellow with Opinion Video. Mr. Stockton is a producer with Opinion Video. A lot of people have recently weighed in on legacy admissions, the preferential treatment given to the children [...]

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Opinion | How Free Speech and Willful Blindness Will Play Out in the Trump Prosecution

mediabest — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:39:42 +0000

More than a decade ago, a divided Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Alvarez that an elected member of a district water board in California could not be prosecuted criminally for lying to an audience about winning the Medal of Honor. The court ruled [...]

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Opinion | A Newsy Spin on Popular Songs and Poems

mediabest — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:29:33 +0000

DeSantis Claus Is Runnin’ This Town Oh! You better watch out!You better not pry.Hang on to your hats!I’m tellin’ you why:DeSantis Claus is runnin’ this town. He’s made up a list.You’re on it, it’s true.He’s gonna find out who’s red and who’s blue;DeSantis Claus is [...]

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Opinion | Five Debate Moments That Will Shape the Republican Campaign

mediabest — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 20:46:01 +0000

There are moments of fireworks at every presidential debate, and then there are moments that last — the moments that shape the public image of candidates, the moments that influence campaign strategy, messaging, fund-raising and staying power. As part of Opinion’s commentary on the winners [...]

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