Liberal
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Politics
The Authoritarians Have the Momentum
The central struggle in the world right now is between liberalism and authoritarianism. It’s between those of us who believe…
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Politics
Why Conservative and Liberal Catholics Can’t Escape One Another
Before Pope Francis was elected, conservative Catholics had fallen into a habit of dismissing the more liberal form of Catholicism…
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Politics
Justin Trudeau Is No Match for a Polarized World
Political careers often end in failure — a cliché that exists because it too often happens to be true. Justin…
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Politics
The Great Rupture in American Jewish Life
For the last decade or so, an ideological tremor has been unsettling American Jewish life. Since Oct. 7, it has…
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Politics
When It Comes to Dating, Ambition Might Matter More Than Politics
I read through all 274 responses to a questionnaire I put out about how politics affects the dating lives of…
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Politics
Harvard Couldn’t Save Both Claudine Gay and Itself
Throughout the weeks that Harvard spent resisting, unsuccessfully, the calls for Claudine Gay’s resignation, a common line of defense of…
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Politics
No Better Time to Be a Catholic
When I began writing a column for this newspaper, I was by no means its first Catholic columnist, but I…
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World
Donald Tusk, a Man of Eclectic Identities, Returns to Power in Poland
The opposition leader was endorsed by Parliament as the country’s next prime minister, unseating the right-wing Law and Justice party…
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Politics
Why I Am a Liberal
More than at any time since World War II, liberalism is under siege. On the left, some people insist that…
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Politics
Progressives Aren’t Liberal
Remember when “liberal” was a dirty word? In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, who often prefaced it with a damning “tax…