Charles Lane

• Opinions

More than any other contemporary ideology, irredentism threatens to plunge the world into war.

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He saw that in well-functioning democracy, trusted gatekeepers — nongovernmental organizations, independent courts, a free press — stand watch at the portals of authority and influence.

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If the authorities in blue states and cities where the crime is largely occurring can’t control it, they — and the Democratic party — will deserve whatever political punishment they get.

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Here’s something Congress could do for the Fed Reserve chair: Avoid making his job harder than it already is.

• Global Opinions

Last spring, on March 17, Canada passed a law establishing an expert panel to study the extension of euthanasia to people who seek it solely to relieve what they say is intolerable suffering due to mental illnesses.

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If users had to pay for the platform, they would have a tangible reason to modulate their own engagement.

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They've tried cajoling him and flattering him and leaning on him to support the Build Back Better social and climate spending plan.

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Biden the candidate promised to overturn his predecessor's tax cuts, but as president he's on the verge of perpetuating most of them.

• Opinions

The country has an opportunity to consider tangible memorials to the former secretary of state that would, by their very existence, reject negative assessments of his career — and strike a blow against reductionist historical judgment generally.