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Claims that coercive mental health care is a necessary evil are not supported by evidence.
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The failsons and finance brokers who own MLB franchises seem ready to destroy the league to make themselves a little richer—and too many fans may take their side.
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Politics
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Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life Marc Andreessen’s Dangerously Unexamined Life
The tech mogul has declared himself an enemy of introspection, and that conveniently erases considerations of conscience from his amoral investment empire.
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Trump didn’t win by moderating. He won by attacking a system millions already believed was broken.
Books & the Arts
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