Tag:Opinion

Scuttling ‘New York Times v. Sullivan’ Could Destroy Independent Media

What do Donald Trump, Clarence Thomas and Sarah Palin have in common on the First Amendment? All three are pushing for the Supreme Court...

The Effect Back-to-Back Storms Had on Lake Charles

It has been just over four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status — the fiercest storm...

How Opioids Corrupted Organized Medicine

Editor’s note: The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days.Many businesses will gleefully sell you a harmful addiction.The tobacco industry...

The Great White Hope

Like a lot of people, I breathed a sigh of relief when Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Heading...

The Tragedy of Chris Hayes

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. This recent episode of Chris Hayes’s podcast Why Is This Happening?, which I recommend in general, offers a...

No Place for Sissies

Old age, said Bette Davis, is no place for sissies. Neither, she might have added, is the Hudson Valley in winter. “I Like it...

Disinformation Dilemma: The U.S. Has Dirty Hands, Too

It’s no secret that the Biden administration has made fighting online disinformation a major priority. On Wednesday, it announced sweeping measures to secure the 2024 election from...

Does Jesus Hate the Johnson Amendment?

A group representing right-wing preachers is trying to bring about a merger of church and state with a new lawsuit. This is incredibly dangerous....

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WSJ Wants Judiciary Shielded From Scrutiny

A New York Times investigation (9/15/24) has given us great insight into Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who—unlike the president...
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Gambling study says £2.7bn bet annually on hidden-market websites

Gamblers in Great Britain are betting £2.7bn a year through hidden-market websites, according to a lobby group that claims...

Prada and Max Mara bring strangeness and science to Milan fashion week

A Prada show is never a straightforward beauty pageant, so when the co-designers Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons go...

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