The case for making journalism free—at least during the 2024 election
Month: April 2024
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****** NYTimes.com: 2024, Meet 1892, Your Doppelgänger rj
2024, Meet 1892, Your Doppelgänger
Great political change can unfold when the political system seems woefully stalled.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/opinion/2024-1892-cleveland-harrison.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
J.D. Vance: The Math on Ukraine Doesn’t Add Up
Ukraine needs more men than it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more material than the United States can provide.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/opinion/jd-vance-ukraine.html?smid=em-share
**** NYTimes.com: Israel: Cease-Fire, Get Hostages, Leave Gaza, Rethink Everything
Israel: Cease-Fire, Get Hostages, Leave Gaza, Rethink Everything
Israel is at a strategic point in its war in Gaza and there is every indication that Benjamin Netanyahu is going to choose the wrong path.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/opinion/israel-hamas-gaza.html?smid=em-share
***** NYTimes.com: This Is What You Get When Fear Mixes With Money
This Is What You Get When Fear Mixes With Money
Trump is the embodiment of the politics of intimidation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/opinion/trump-donors-project-2025.html?smid=em-share
******* NYTimes.com: The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement
The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement
There is no longer a truly pro-life party in the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/opinion/pro-life-alabama-trump.html?smid=em-share
******* Do We Really Want a Food Cartel?
Mergers and acquisitions have created food oligopolies that are inefficient, barely regulated, unfair, and even dangerous.
How Reconstruction Created American Public Education
Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.
*** [The Washington Post] What we saw on the ground in Ukraine Post columnists David Ignatius and Jim Geraghty just returned from Ukraine. They detail the mood on the ground, how much U.S. aid actually matters and whether the war seems winnable
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