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It’s finally here. The start of the 2025 NFL season. The Philadelphia Eagles will begin their Super Bowl title defense against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. On Friday night, the Kansas City ...

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Oren Cass makes the case for tariffs. Hosted by Ross Douthat Ross Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. Is the short-term economic pain of President Trump’s ...

Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. Ezra Klein argues that the left desperately needs a unifying project — for its own survival and for the sake of the country.

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I am standing behind the counter of a small business, Tsunami Books, a bookstore for the progressive mind, on the busiest street this side of town. I am one of the worker-owners. I built this counter ...

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