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Today: @jamesbmeigs applauds flying cars; Lisa Sheley takes Colorado to court; @AMBS_Kernan praises Brewers manager Pat Murphy; and @emmma_camp_ watches “You Can See Everything.” Plus, @MattHennessey dunks on British economic delusion.
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Something’s rotten in Doncaster. The Brits themselves don’t seem to see it, writes @MattHennessey
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The most interesting character in “You Can See Everything” isn’t even in the trailer, writes @emmma_camp_
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It’s easier to blame the Iran War for high energy costs than to address problems within the states, says @LS_Stoneman.
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Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy is bringing accountability back to baseball. He may bring his team to their first World Series title while he’s at it, writes @AMBS_Kernan
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Colorado has excluded my family from its “universal” preschool program for one simple reason: We send our children to Catholic school, and Colorado treats our faith as disqualifying, writes Lisa Sheley
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All this, plus your occasional reminder (from me) that the U.S. isn't actually a terrible place to live.
When automakers debut a new vehicle, they call it a “launch.” Leave it to Elon Musk to take the term literally, writes @jamesbmeigs
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Every few weeks I get a social-media reminder of a shocking factual reality: The U.K. is poorer than every American state. Think about that. It’s extraordinary, writes @MattHennessey
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Dublin said it would publish a framework to foster Jewish life. It hasn’t, nor has it done anything to implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, writes Alan Shatter
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The more extracurriculars, the better. The question is: The better what? It doesn’t seem like kids are better off psychologically, writes @FreeRangeKids
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Children deserve compassionate and evidence-based psychiatric care, not irrational activism masquerading as science, write @drkaliebe and Kurt Miceli
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Three years after Oct. 7, 2023, antisemitism is clearly on the rise. Anti-Zionist policies are ascendant in the Democratic Party. American Jews may finally be making the long, hard walk from the political left to the political right, writes @zach_kessel
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Bold, intrepid movies are fine. “One Battle After Another” and “Digger,” ideologically, are anything but. They exist to affirm liberal pieties, which is why they failed with the masses, writes Peter Tonguette
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Sally Rooney accuses Israel of “genocide,” but she is a novelist who is paid to make stuff up. The reality is that Palestine Action is dedicated to attacking companies, institutions and people who do business with Israel, writes @DrDominicGreen
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The modern revolutionary is driven not by hunger but by inchoate emotions like resentment, envy, rivalry, bitterness and contempt. If only this were simply a conflict over bread, writes @Louise_m_perry
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I was standing in the lobby of the Javits Center at New York Comic Con 2026, accompanying a teen family member dressed as Gwen Stacy. I felt dizzy and overwhelmed. Naturally my thoughts turned to democratic socialism, writes @rkylesmith
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There’s nothing funnier than someone who can’t take a joke, writes @jackbutler4815
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Politics is full of brazen liars who find brazen ways to ride scandals out. That’s not news. What’s news is that nobody can expect to get away with a lie anymore, writes @MattHennessey
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