By Yanzhong Huang Mr. Huang is a global health expert specializing in China. “How lucky I was born in China,” a young Chinese scholar declared last month in his WeChat. He was proud: Following the worst domestic Covid-19 outbreak since Wuhan, China had brought daily […] This article is part of the Debatable newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on Tuesdays and Thursdays. How to summarize the summer of 2021? I might choose a statistic: Nearly one in three Americans live in a county that was hit by […] My 18-year-old daughter appears in the kitchen in a Ruth Bader Ginsburg sweatshirt, makes a mug of Rice Krispies treats in the microwave, and shows me a photo on her phone of two sloths hugging. That’s Claire. Like yours, she’s one of a kind. Like […] Why Singapore? Why Vietnam? And why supply chains? These are some of the questions that arise when looking back at US Vice-President Kamala Harris’ visit to South-east Asia last week. The answers might shed some light on the Biden administration’s emerging policy towards Asean, as […] By Tara Haelle Ms. Haelle is a science journalist who covers vaccine hesitancy and the anti-vaccine movement. She is the author of “Vaccination Investigation: The History and Science of Vaccines.” As the coronavirus began pushing the nation into lockdown in March 2020, Joshua Coleman, an […] Everybody’s going carbon neutral these days, from the big boys — Amazon, Microsoft, Unilever, Starbucks, JetBlue — to your favorite outdoor brand, even ski resorts. Probably your neighborhood coffee roaster, too. What’s not to like? Becoming carbon neutral means cutting greenhouse gas emissions as much […] An end to the U.S.’s longest war The last U.S. forces left Afghanistan late last night, ending a 20-year occupation that began shortly after Sept. 11, cost over $2 trillion, took more than 170,000 lives and ultimately failed to defeat the Taliban, the Islamist militants […] More from our inbox: To the Editor: Re “Pope Francis Is Tearing the Catholic Church Apart,” by Michael Brendan Dougherty (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, Aug. 12): Pope Francis is not destroying the Catholic Church. A group rebelling against Francis has seized on the Latin Mass […] Smiting foes wherever they may be has a firm place in mythology, literature and history. The meddling Greek gods. James Bond’s license to kill. Joseph Stalin’s hit man who finally caught up with Leon Trotsky in Mexico City. Given this legacy, it is fair to […] To the Editor: Re “Adults Are Failing Us on Climate,” by Greta Thunberg, Adriana Calderón, Farzana Faruk Jhumu and Eric Njuguna (Opinion guest essay, Sunday Review, Aug. 22): I’m upset. I’m worried. I am angry because the adults have ruined Earth for my generation! You […]
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