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The Ezra Klein Show
More in The Ezra Klein Show ›Our Tax System Should Make You Furious
The tax expert Ray Madoff explains why the American tax system is broken, and how to make it fairer.
By Ezra Klein and
CreditThe New York Times Reckoning With Israel’s ‘One-State Reality’
The political scientists Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch discuss Israel’s continued expansion into the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon.
By Ezra Klein and
CreditLeo Correa/Associated Press Fareed Zakaria on the Moral Cost of Trump’s War
The foreign policy analyst Fareed Zakaria explains how the Iran war has been a turning point in America’s standing in the world.
By Ezra Klein and
CreditThe New York Times The Iran expert Suzanne Maloney explains why Iran believes it has the upper hand.
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CreditGiuseppe Cacace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The More You Study Consciousness, the Weirder It Gets
Michael Pollan, a science writer, spent five years trying to understand how consciousness worked.
By Ezra Klein and
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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
More in Interesting Times with Ross Douthat ›Trump Is the End of a 100-Year Experiment
A conservative court watcher explains why the president has failed to bend the judicial branch to his will.
By Ross Douthat and
CreditSaul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying
The former senator wants to heal the America he’s leaving behind.
By Ross Douthat and
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CreditThe New York Times White Identity Is Galvanizing the Right
He wrote a book on antiwhite bias. The White House noticed.
By Ross Douthat and
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The Opinions
More in The Opinions ›What recent events in Europe can tell us about the future of Trumpism.
By Michelle CottleDavid FrenchMichelle GoldbergDerek Arthur and
CreditIllustration by The New York Times; photograph by Attila Kisbenedek Older Women Are in Demand by Younger Men
What a shift in the dating preferences of younger men reveals about our changing norms.
By Nadja SpiegelmanEmily LeibertJamieson Webster and
CreditIllustration by The New York Times; photograph by Tony Garcia/Getty Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret
America may be losing more than just the conflict in Iran.
By E.J. Dionne Jr.Carlos LozadaRobert Siegel and
CreditIllustration by The New York Times; photograph by Adrienne Bresnahan/Getty Did Wokeness Leave Us Worse Off?
The debate over words we can and can’t say.
By Nadja SpiegelmanBrock ColyarAminatou Sow and
CreditIllustration by The New York Times; photograph by Alexander Spatari/Getty Trump’s Relentless, ‘Utterly Incoherent’ Battles
A look at a conflict without end and a constitution under pressure.
By Michelle CottleJamelle BouieDavid French and
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